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Massage therapists urge licensure or establishment regulation; OPR says registration has worked so far
Summary
Representatives of the Vermont chapter of the American Massage Therapy Association asked the Senate Government Operations Committee to pursue licensure or creation of establishment‑level regulation for massage therapists and to convene stakeholders to produce proposed legislation.
Representatives of the Vermont chapter of the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA Vermont) asked the Senate Government Operations Committee on April 23 to add language to H.472 directing the Office of Professional Regulation to consider licensing massage therapists and to include specified stakeholders in a study of regulating massage establishments.
Hercules Leechard, an AMTA Vermont board member and a long‑time practitioner, and Christine Hoover, AMTA government relations, testified that many other states license massage therapists and that licensure would establish minimum education, examination and background-check requirements. Leechard said the association wants OPR to consider licensure and to include massage‑industry stakeholders, the Vermont Network Against…
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