Requirements For Issuance Of License

TITLE 54 PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES CHAPTER 40 MASSAGE THERAPISTS 54-4009. REQUIREMENTS FOR ISSUANCE OF LICENSE. Upon application to the board and the payment of the required fees, an applicant may be licensed as a massage therapist if the applicant meets all the requirements of this chapter and provides documentation acceptable to the board that he or she: (1)  Has obtained a high school diploma or equivalent; (2)  Is eighteen (18) years of age or older; (3)  Has not been convicted, found guilty, or received a withheld judgment or a suspended sentence in this state or in any other state of a crime that is deemed relevant in accordance with section 67-9411 (1), Idaho Code; (4)  Has successfully completed a massage program registered pursuant to chapter 24, title 33 , Idaho Code, or a comparable authority in another state that consists of the minimum of five hundred (500) in-class supervised hours of coursework and clinic work; and (5)  Has successfully passed a nationally recognized competency examination in massage therapy that is approved by the board. The passage of this exam may have occurred prior to the effective date of this chapter.