Bill Text: CT HB06243 | 2013 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Practice Of Thai Yoga.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-28 - Signed by the Governor [HB06243 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2013-HB06243-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
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January Session, 2013 |
LCO No. 3367 | ||
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH |
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Introduced by: |
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AN ACT MAKING A TECHNICAL CHANGE TO THE STATUTE CONCERNING ADVERTISING BY MASSAGE THERAPISTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 20-206g of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2013):
(a) As used in this section, "advertise" includes, but is not limited to, the issuance of any card, sign or device to any person; causing, permitting or allowing any sign or marking on or in any building, vehicle or structure; advertising in any newspaper or magazine, or the placement of any listing or advertisement in any directory under a classification or heading that includes the words "massage", "massage therapist", "massage therapy", "massage therapy establishment", "shiatsu", "acupressure", "Thai massage" [,] or "Thai yoga massage". [or "Thai yoga".]
(b) No person, firm, partnership or corporation shall advertise any of the services included in the definition of massage therapy in any manner using the term or title "massage", "shiatsu", "acupressure", "Thai massage" [,] or "Thai yoga massage" [or "Thai yoga"] unless such services are performed by a massage therapist.
(c) Each person who holds a license as a massage therapist shall include his or her license number in any advertisement for such person's massage therapy services that appears in a newspaper, telephone directory or other advertising medium.
(d) It shall be a violation of this section for any person who does not hold a current license as a massage therapist to advertise massage therapy services by using the term "massage", "massage therapist", "licensed massage therapist", "massage practitioner", "massagist", "masseur" or "masseuse", "shiatsu", "acupressure", "Thai massage" [,] or "Thai yoga massage". [or "Thai yoga".]
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2013 |
20-206g |
Statement of Purpose:
To make a technical change to section 20-206g of the general statutes by deleting the references to "Thai yoga".
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
REP. GROGINS, 129th Dist.; REP. ORANGE, 48th Dist. REP. HENNESSY, 127th Dist. |