In addition to your professional massage license, most massage businesses (sole practitioners can be exempt, read for more on that) will need to receive an establishment registration by October 1, 2025.
Utah
Division of Professional Licensing: Massage Therapy
Board of Massage
P.O. Box 146741
Salt Lake City, UT, 84114-6741
Phone: 801-530-6628
Email: b9@utah.gov
Title: Licensed Massage Therapist
Requirement: (600 education hours or 1,000 supervised apprenticeship hours, passing the MBLEX or the Utah Massage Therapy Law and Rule Exam, fingerprints)
Renewal: no CEU requirement/2 years
Title: Massage Assistant
Requirement: (300 hours, passing the Utah Massage Assistant exam, fingerprints)
Title: Massage Assistant-in-training
Requirement: (150 hours under direct supervision, fingerprints)
The proposed rules establish educational training, supervisory roles, examinations, renewal requirements, and unprofessional conduct for massage assistants and massage assistants-in-training. Express your thoughts and suggestions for how you think these massage therapy lower-licensing tiers should be regulated in Utah before December 15.
Senate Bill 42 introduces lower-tiered licensing for massage assistants and massage assistants-in-training. Learn about the educational requirements of each limited massage therapy license.
Utah’s Senate Bill 180 (SB 180) will be heard in committee November 16, 2022. SB 180 seeks to create two lower tiers of licensure for “massage assistants” and “massage assistants in training.” The public can attend the committee meeting in person or virtually to fight the bill.
Senate Bill 214 removes the provision that English be the sole language for the government in the state of Utah.