CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1911
Chapter 182, Laws of 1991
52nd Legislature
1991 Regular Session
MASSAGE PRACTITIONERS‑-LOCAL REGULATION OF STATE LICENSED PRACTITIONERS
EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/28/91
Passed by the House March 20, 1991
Yeas 97 Nays 0
JOE KING
Speaker of the
House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate April 15, 1991
Yeas 48 Nays 0
JOEL PRITCHARD
President of the Senate
Approved May 15, 1991
BOOTH GARDNER
Governor of the State of Washington
CERTIFICATE
I, Alan Thompson, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1911 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.
ALAN THOMPSON Chief Clerk
FILED
May 15, 1991 - 11:32 a.m.
Secretary of State
State of Washington
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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1911
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Passed Legislature - 1991 Regular Session
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.