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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1911
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 Regular Session
By House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Haugen, Wynne, Anderson, Ferguson, Basich, Cooper, Belcher, Fraser, Zellinsky, Prince and Nelson).
Read first time March 5, 1991.
AN ACT Relating to local government regulation of state licensed massage practitioners; adding a new section to chapter 35.21 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 35A.11 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 36.32 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 35.21 RCW to read as follows:
(1) A state licensed massage practitioner seeking a city or town license to operate a massage business must provide verification of his or her state massage license as provided for in RCW 18.108.030.
(2) The city or town may charge a licensing or operating fee, but the fee charged a state licensed massage practitioner shall not exceed the licensing or operating fee imposed on similar health care providers, such as physical therapists or occupational therapists, operating within the same city or town.
(3) A state licensed massage practitioner is not subject to additional licensing requirements not currently imposed on similar health care providers, such as physical therapists or occupational therapists.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 35A.11 RCW to read as follows:
(1) A state licensed massage practitioner seeking a city license to operate a massage business must provide verification of his or her state massage license as provided for in RCW 18.108.030.
(2) The city may charge a licensing or operating fee, but the fee charged a state licensed massage practitioner shall not exceed the licensing or operating fee imposed on similar health care providers, such as physical therapists or occupational therapists, operating within the same city.
(3) A state licensed massage practitioner is not subject to additional licensing requirements not currently imposed on similar health care providers, such as physical therapists or occupational therapists.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. A new section is added to chapter 36.32 RCW to read as follows:
(1) A state licensed massage practitioner seeking a county license to operate a massage business must provide verification of his or her state massage license as provided for in RCW 18.108.030.
(2) The county may charge a licensing or operating fee, but the fee charged a state licensed massage practitioner shall not exceed the licensing or operating fee imposed on similar health care providers, such as physical therapists or occupational therapists, operating within the same county.
(3) A state licensed massage practitioner is not subject to additional licensing requirements not currently imposed on similar health care providers, such as physical therapists or occupational therapists.