Current through November, 2024
Section 16-84-11 - Requirements for principal massage therapist(a) The principal massage therapist shall be responsible for maintaining a file at the office of the board, containing the name and address of the massage establishment, any out-call massage service, the names, nicknames, license numbers, and current residence addresses of all massage therapists employed by the massage establishment and out-call massage service. The principal massage therapist shall notify the board in writing of all changes in addresses and in personnel (massage therapists and apprentices) within forty-eight hours of the change. Upon acceptance of an apprentice, the principal massage therapist shall fill in the space allotted for the action on the back of the apprentice's permit. The principal massage therapist shall notify the board of any action within the required time.(b) The principal massage therapist shall be responsible for the conduct of all massage therapists, apprentices, and any other persons affiliated or connected with the massage establishment while those persons are within the premises of the massage establishment.(c) To qualify as a principal massage therapist, a person must be licensed.(d) The principal massage therapist shall be responsible for all lascivious conduct, lewdness, or any sexual act conducted by any person in the massage establishment.(e) The principal massage therapist shall insure that every apprentice wears a conspicuously placed name tag stating the name, and the word "apprentice." The word "apprentice" shall have letters at least one-third inch high.(f) The principal massage therapist, at the end of the apprentice's training program or termination of sponsor's letter of agreement, shall ensure that the sponsoring massage therapist completes a written report for the apprentice. The report shall contain the number of hours of training and indicate specifically what type of practical massage techniques were taught to the apprentice under the supervision of the sponsoring massage therapist.(g) The principal massage therapist shall notify all customers when they are to be massaged by an apprentice.[Eff 3/28/66; am and ren § 16-84-11, 6/22/81; am and comp 4/9/82; am and comp 7/19/87; comp 3/26/90] (Auth: HRS § 452-6) (Imp: HRS § 452-6)