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OPR urges registration of massage establishments in H.588 to aid anti‑trafficking enforcement
Summary
The Office of Professional Regulation told the Government Operations & Military Affairs committee that H.588 would add establishment registration for massage businesses so OPR can shut down operators implicated in human‑trafficking and unprofessional conduct, while avoiding burdensome licensure on individual practitioners.
The Office of Professional Regulation told the House Government Operations & Military Affairs committee that H.588 would create an establishment registration system for massage businesses to strengthen oversight and help combat human trafficking.
"The purpose of registration is to strengthen public protection in the fight against human trafficking," Michael Warren, chief investigator at the Office of Professional Regulation, said in testimony. Warren said Vermont already regulates individual massage practitioners through registration and that H.588 would not change that system; instead, it would create a separate registration for locations where massage is practiced so regulators could target business entities suspected of trafficking or unauthorized practice.
Warren outlined three credential types OPR uses: registration (mandatory for some professions, no qualification…
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