A colleague mentioned that she has seen my blog-posting and article I had written on massage therapy regulation on (California )Senator Oropeza's website. I'm very pleased and honored to have Senator Oropeza support my work. I am also pleased that she included my website and a link to the full article entitled, "A Strong Foundation" which was published in the Winter edition of MTJ (The Massage Therapy Journal.)
Below is the link:
http://dist28.casen.govoffice.com/index.asp?Type=B_PR&SEC={32DC8082-6C14-44C6-802F-AF3CDD980887}&DE={91B9C620-AD91-4840-90ED-7D2DDE474FE0}
Here's the Fact Sheet posted on Senator Oropeza's website:
Massage Therapist Certification (Oropeza)
PURPOSE
Effective Jan. 1, 2009, this bill professionalizes and protects the field of “Massage Therapy” by creating a statewide process for certification and licensing. The process would require a specified number of educational and experience hours.
BACKGROUND
Prior to Jan. 1, 2009, the field of massage was regulated by a patchwork of local city and county regulations and requirements. Many individuals, schooled and certified by their educational facility, who wished to practice massage and travel from one city to another were required to meet multiple city licensing requirements. There was no statewide regulatory framework, no insurance or bonding requirements and no real protection for the clients against injury. Additionally, there was no safety for the practitioner against an unjust view by some individuals who believe massage is an entrance in to the sex field.
This bill created a non-profit regulatory framework paid for and supported by massage therapists to phase in educational and practice requirements in order to receive a certification. The bill eliminated the need for local jurisdictions to develop and enforce their own disparate requirements for the practice of massage.
The bill dealt only with education and certification and did not define scope issues.
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