Ala. Admin. Code r. 532-X-3-.03

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 532-X-3-.03 - [Effective 11/14/2024] Application And License

(1) The Board shall adopt and make available an application form. On the return of the form the Board by the applicant, the form shall remain the property of the Board. The Board will notify the applicant that their application was received and is pending approval. No application received by facsimile will be accepted.

(2) Two color photographs of the applicant must accompany the application, two by two inches in size, taken within the previous six months, showing a frontal view of the applicant's head and shoulders.

(3) All applications must be submitted in English, type or printed in black ink.

(4) In the event that a school submits an official transcript or approved documents in lieu of official transcripts that are not in the English language, the documents must be translated into English by the school by means of a translator who appends a sworn affidavit certifying that the translation is a true, correct and complete translation of the original document, and that the translator is competent in both English and the language of the document. Where an applicant causes the school to submit an official transcript which is not in English or translated into English as set forth above, and the Board notifies the applicant of the lack of translation, the applicant may request the Board to allow him or her to provide a certified and sworn translation at his or her own expense.

(5) A massage therapist licensed in the State of Alabama shall carry professional and general liability insurance with an "A" rated or better insurance carrier in the amount of at least one million dollars ($1,000,000), and shall give evidence of coverage or application for this coverage with the application for licensure or renewal of license, or at any other time the Board may request.

(6) After consideration of the application and supporting documents, the Board shall issue a license to each person qualified as a massage therapist, a license to each qualified massage establishment, or a license to each person qualified as a massage therapy instructor. To be qualified for licensure as a massage therapist, an applicant shall have successfully completed the educational requirements and passed the examinations provided for in these rules, or shall have met the alternative requirements found in Section 34-43-9(2), (3), or (4), Code of Ala. 1975, and shall have given evidence of insurance coverage or application for coverage as stated above. Such massage therapy license grants all professional rights, honors and privileges relating to the practice of massage therapy.

(7) Each licensed massage therapist and massage therapy instructor shall publicly display his or her license. Each licensed massage therapy establishment shall post in plain and public view its license, and cause the licenses of each massage therapist who practices in the establishment to be publicly displayed, either as a group or individually.

(8) A license issued by the Board to a massage therapist, a massage therapy instructor, or massage therapy establishment remains the property of the Board and shall be surrendered upon demand of the Board.

(9) A change of name of the individual massage therapist or massage therapy instructor, or the name or ownership of a massage therapy establishment must be reported to the Board within 30 days. A ten-dollar ($10) fee shall be charged for a license to be issued in the new name, and this fee should be submitted with the notice of name change, by money order, or by cashiers or certified check.

(10) The Board registers massage therapy schools, however, such registration shall not be construed as a license to practice massage therapy in regard to any instructor or student at the registered school. Each instructor must be individually licensed.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 532-X-3-.03

New Rule: Filed January 29, 2001; effective 3/5/2001. Amended: Filed April 20, 2009; effective 5/25/2009. Amended: Filed February 10, 2012; effective 3/16/2012.

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XLI, Issue No. 12, September 29, 2023, eff. 11/13/2023.

Adopted by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XLII, Issue No. 12, September 30, 2024, eff. 9/20/2024; expires 109 days, 1/7/2025 (Emergency).

Author: Keith E. Warren

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, § 34-43-9.