CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1133

Chapter 223, Laws of 2011

62nd Legislature
2011 Regular Session



MASSAGE PRACTITIONERS--DISPLAY OF LICENSES



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/22/11

Passed by the House March 2, 2011
  Yeas 92   Nays 3

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 8, 2011
  Yeas 49   Nays 0


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1133 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


BARBARA BAKER
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Chief Clerk
Approved May 3, 2011, 2:12 p.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
May 4, 2011







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1133
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Passed Legislature - 2011 Regular Session
State of Washington62nd Legislature2011 Regular Session

By House Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Jinkins, Goodman, Warnick, Rodne, Ladenburg, and Maxwell)

READ FIRST TIME 02/07/11.   



     AN ACT Relating to the display of massage practitioner licenses; amending RCW 18.108.040; and adding a new section to chapter 18.108 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 18.108.040 and 1995 c 353 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) It shall be unlawful to advertise the practice of massage using the term massage or any other term that implies a massage technique or method in any public or private publication or communication by a person not licensed by the secretary as a massage practitioner ((or without printing in display advertisement the license number of the massage practitioner)).
     (2) Any person who holds a license to practice as a massage practitioner in this state may use the title "licensed massage practitioner" and the abbreviation "L.M.P.". No other persons may assume such title or use such abbreviation or any other word, letters, signs, or figures to indicate that the person using the title is a licensed massage practitioner.
     (3) A massage practitioner's name and license number must conspicuously appear on all of the massage practitioner's advertisements.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   A new section is added to chapter 18.108 RCW to read as follows:
     A massage practitioner licensed under this chapter must conspicuously display his or her license in his or her principal place of business. If the massage practitioner does not have a principal place of business or conducts business in any other location, he or she must have a copy of his or her license available for inspection while performing any activities related to massage therapy.


         Passed by the House March 2, 2011.
         Passed by the Senate April 8, 2011.
         Approved by the Governor May 3, 2011.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 4, 2011.