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Casper council to rescind local massage-therapy licensing; staff to coordinate repeal process

2935983 · April 9, 2025
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Summary

City staff recommended removing massage-therapy licensing provisions from city code after practitioners and staff concluded local regulation was ineffective; council signaled support to proceed with repeal and three readings.

City officials told the Casper City Council on April 8 they will move to repeal local massage-therapy licensing provisions after consulting with practitioners and reviewing how the ordinance has operated since adoption.

Fleur, a city staff member who led the review of the ordinance, told council the local licensing regime adopted around 2020 had created inconsistent results: written requirements sometimes allowed minimally trained applicants to qualify while more extensively trained practitioners lacked the specific credential the…

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