§452-13  Requisites for admission to
examination and licensing of massage therapists and massage therapy
establishments.  (a)  The executive secretary of the board shall determine
the sufficiency of the preliminary qualifications of applicants for admission
to examination and licensing.  The executive secretary shall require that:



(1)  A nonrefundable application fee shall be paid to
the board at the time of the application.



(2)  The examination fee shall be refunded only if the
applicant is found not qualified to take the license examination.



(3)  An applicant for examination shall have completed
academic training in anatomy, physiology, structural kinesiology, and the
theory and demonstration of massage, which is not confined to any specific
system or method of massage therapy, spent at least six months as a massage
therapist apprentice or massage therapist student in a school approved by the
board, and met all other requirements set for apprentices or students by the
board pursuant to section 452-6(c).



(b)  An applicant desiring to license a massage
therapy establishment shall file with the board a written application on a form
prescribed and supplied by the board, and setting forth that the applicant has
complied with all of the requirements in a manner and detail as may be required
by the rules established by the board.  A license fee shall be paid to the
board together with the application fee. [L 1947, c 192, §13; RL 1955, §63-13;
am L 1965, c 211, §§1, 2; HRS §452-13; am L 1980, c 208, §15; am L 1981, c 65,
§5; am L 1984, c 7, §34; am L 1985, c 95, §2; am L 1986, c 99, §5; am L 1987, c
190, §5; am L 1989, c 204, §5; am L 1990, c 205, §3; am L 1997, c 40, §12]



 



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  Cited:  38 H. 584, 586.