Bill Text: NJ A4147 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Regulates massage therapy advertising.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-20 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee [A4147 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-A4147-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman MARY PAT ANGELINI
District 11 (Monmouth)
SYNOPSIS
Regulates massage therapy advertising.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning massage therapy advertising and amending and supplementing P.L.2007, c.337.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 21 of P.L.2007, c.337 (C.45:11-76) is amended to read as follows:
21. a. No employer shall engage in or advertise or hold itself out as offering massage and bodywork therapies unless the employer is registered with the board and includes the employer's registration number and the telephone number for the NJ Human Trafficking Hotline in any advertisement, including, but not limited to, those in print and other forms of media.
b. A written application for registration shall be made to the board on the form prescribed by the board and shall contain the following information:
(1) The name and residence of the owner or operator of the entity providing massage and bodywork therapies;
(2) The municipality and location of the owner or operator's primary place of business and the locations of all other branches of business; and
(3) Any other biographical information of the applicant as required by the board.
c. Each applicant for registration and each registrant pursuant to the provisions of this section shall pay to the board a fee for the issuance of a two-year registration in the amount established by the board in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1974, c.46 (C.45:1-3.1 et seq.).
(cf: P.L.2007, c.337, s.21)
2. (New section) a. No person shall advertise or hold himself out as offering massage and bodywork therapies unless that person includes his license number and the telephone number for the NJ Human Trafficking Hotline in any advertisement, including, but not limited to, those in print and other forms of media.
b. No advertisement for a person or place offering massage and bodywork therapies shall include anything, including, but not limited to, words, phrases, artwork, or sounds, which is suggestive of a sexual encounter.
3. This act shall take effect on the first day of the seventh month following enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill would regulate advertisements for massage and bodywork therapies. Under the bill, anything suggestive of a sexual encounter would be prohibited from being included in advertisements for a person or place offering massage and bodywork therapies. In addition, advertisements would have to include the telephone number for the NJ Human Trafficking Hotline and the employer's registration number or therapist's license number.
