La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § XLIV-1701
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024
Section XLIV-1701 - Applications - Availability, Requirements, and ExpirationA. All professional and establishment license applications are available on the board's website.B. All professional and establishment licenses issued by the board shall expire on March 31 of each year. In order to avoid a late fee, renewal applications must be postmarked, have an e-mail acknowledgment of receipt, or other proof of delivery prior to the expiration date. The board shall have the authority to prorate the license renewal fees during any transitional period that may result from a change in expiration dates.C. With the exception of first-year professional licensees, a minimum of 12 hours of continuing education units must be completed and submitted to the board in order to be eligible to renew the professional license. The educational units must be from an approved program and taught by a provider registered with the board. All continuing education units will be verified by the continuing education provider.D. Incomplete renewal applications will be returned to the licensee and may be subject to late fees as provided for in R.S. 37:3562.E. Inactive Status 1. Those who wish to temporarily cease their activities as a massage therapist may place their license on inactive status for a period not to exceed five years by paying the inactive status fee which shall be a one-time per-application fee of not more than 60 percent of the annual license renewal fee as provided for in R.S. 37:3562 and submitting a board-provided affidavit/form. No license shall be issued to a massage therapist on inactive status. To revert to active status, the massage therapist shall submit to the board the following: a.i. a board-provided affidavit/form requesting return to active status; ii. payment of the current license renewal fee as provided in R.S. 37:3562;iii. evidence of having completed a minimum of 24 hours of continuing education units within two years of the date that the application for reinstatement is filed; b. after five years on inactive status, the license shall be considered to be a lapsed license. In order to take inactive status, the application affidavit/form must be filed within six months from the date that the person last had an active license. The commencement of the period of inactive status shall be retroactive to the date on which the person last had an active license. After the license has been expired for more than six months, the therapist will not be eligible to take inactive status unless the license has been first renewed to active status.F. Lapsed Status. As provided in R.S. 37:3552, any license that is not renewed for a period in excess of two years from the date of its last expiration and is not on inactive status shall be considered to have become a lapsed license. Once a license has lapsed, the former holder of such license who desires to obtain a new license will be considered as a new applicant and must comply with all of the provisions of R.S. 37:3556 in order to obtain a license.La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XLIV-1701
Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Board of Massage Therapy, LR 20:1002 (September 1994), repromulgated LR 20:1111 (October 1994), amended LR 32:1233 (July 2006), LR 39:1770 (July 2013).AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:3555 et seq., 3552, 3556, 3559, 3561, and 3562.