Bill Text: CT HB05758 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Excluding Certain Activities From The Definition Of Massage Therapy.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-17 - Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health [HB05758 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB05758-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5758
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 1529
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. FERRARO, 117th Dist.

AN ACT EXCLUDING CERTAIN ACTIVITIES FROM THE DEFINITION OF MASSAGE THERAPY.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 20-206a be amended to revise the definition of massage therapy to exclude bodywork involving stroking of the hands, feet or ears or the use of touch, words and directed movement, including healing touch, therapeutic touch, mind-body centering, ortho-bionomy, traeger therapy, reflexology, polarity therapy, reiki, qigong, muscle activation techniques or other practices with the primary purpose of affecting energy systems of the human body.

Statement of Purpose:

To redefine massage therapy to exclude certain activities from those requiring licensure.