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, 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)
House Bill 114, Sponsored by Representative Tim Cosgrove (D-Murray), would amend the state's Massage Therapy Act to close a perceived loophole that allows for unsavory purveyors to trade under the name of massage.
The primary changes in the law would be to:
House Bill 243, sponsored by Rep. Morley, amends several provisions of Title 58, Occupations and Professions, regarding the administration and enforcement of licensing laws and related provisions. Lines 756 – 767 specifically address a modification to the definition of massage therapy:
The Board of Massage Therapy is now accepting the Massage and Bodywork Licensing Exam (MBLEx) offered by the Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards (FSMTB: www.fsmtb.org) as a qualification for licensure.