New York S 1271: Relates to requiring a licensed massage therapist to display such licensed massage therapist's license when practicing and the required contents of such license

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S01271 Summary:

BILL NOS01271A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORADDABBO

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COSPNSRMYRIE, RAMOS

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§7802 & 7804, Ed L

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Relates to requiring a licensed massage therapist to display such licensed massage therapist's license when practicing and the required contents of such license, including at a minimum the licensee's name, license number and a non-removable photograph of such licensee.

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BILL NOS01271A

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01/09/2025REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

05/15/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION

05/15/2025PRINT NUMBER 1271A

05/20/20251ST REPORT CAL.1174

05/21/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/22/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1271--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. ADDABBO, MYRIE, RAMOS -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher
 Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring a licensed
 massage therapist to display such licensed massage therapist's license
 when practicing and the required contents of such license

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 7802 of the education law, as amended by chapter
 2 230 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 7802. Practice of massage therapy and use of title "masseur",
 4 "masseuse" or "massage therapist" or the term "massage" or "massage
 5 therapy". Only a person licensed or authorized pursuant to this chapter
 6 shall practice massage therapy and only a person licensed under this
 7 article shall use the title "masseur", "masseuse" or "massage thera-
 8 pist". No person, firm, partnership or corporation claiming to be
 9 engaged in the practice of massage or massage therapy shall in any
 10 manner describe, advertise, or place any advertisement for services as
 11 defined in section seventy-eight hundred one of this article unless such
 12 services are performed by a person licensed or authorized pursuant to
 13 this chapter. A person licensed under section seventy-eight hundred
 14 four of this article shall conspicuously display such license within
 15 public view when practicing.
 16 § 2. Section 7804 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 17 closing paragraph to read as follows:
 18 A license issued pursuant to this section shall at a minimum include
 19 the licensee's name, license number and a non-removable photograph of
 20 such licensee.
 21 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 22 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03047-02-5

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