Okla. Admin. Code § 175:20-5-1

Current through Vol. 42, No. 4, November 1, 2024

Section 175:20-5-1 - Original Licensure

(a) The Board may issue a license to practice massage therapy to a person who:

(1) files a completed application on a form prepared by the Board;

(2) submits satisfactory evidence in the form of a birth certificate, driver's license or other government-issued identification that the person is at least eighteen (18) years of age;

(3) provides documentation that the applicant currently maintains liability insurance for practice as a massage therapist;

(4) provides a certificate and certified transcript from a state-licensed massage school showing successful completion of at least five hundred (500) hours of formal education in massage therapy;

(5) provides a certified copy of test scores showing the applicant has completed and passed the Massage and Bodywork Licensing Examination (MBLEx);

(6) states under penalty of perjury in a manner prescribed on the application as to:

(A) whether the applicant has pleaded guilty, nolo contendere or been convicted of a crime other than a minor traffic violation in any jurisdiction; and

(B) whether the applicant has had a massage therapy license revoked in another jurisdiction or been the subject of disciplinary action in another jurisdiction.

(7) submits a current criminal history information report obtained from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.

(b) A criminal history background information report required by this section shall be current if dated no more than thirty (30) days prior to the date on which the applicant submits a completed application to the Board. The OSBI criminal history background report shall include a search of the Department of Corrections Sex Offender Database and Violent Offender Database. All fees required for the criminal history background report shall be paid by the applicant.

(c) The Board may deny a license or impose probationary conditions if the applicant has

(1) pleaded guilty, nolo contendre or been convicted of a felony that substantially relates to the practice of massage therapy or poses as reasonable threat to public safety;

(2) engaged in unprofessional conduct as described in this chapter that has endangered or is likely to endanger the health, welfare or safety of the public;

(3) violated any provision of the Massage Therapy Practice Act or any rule of the Board; or

(4) had a license revoked in another jurisdiction or been the subject of disciplinary action in another jurisdiction.

(d) As used in this section:

(1)"Substantially relates" means the nature of criminal conduct for which the person was convicted, or to which the person pleaded, has a direct bearing on the fitness or ability to perform one or more of the duties or responsibilities necessarily related to massage therapy; and

(2)"Poses a reasonable threat" means the nature of criminal conduct for which the person was convicted, or to which the person pleaded, involved an act or threat of harm against another and has a bearing on the fitness or ability to serve the public or work with others in massage therapy.

Okla. Admin. Code § 175:20-5-1

Adopted by Oklahoma Register, Volume 34, Issue 24, September 1, 2017, eff. 9/11/2017

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 35, Issue 24, September 4, 2018, eff. 9/14/2018

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 36, Issue 23, August 15, 2019, eff. 8/25/2019

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 37, Issue 24, September 1, 2020, eff. 9/11/2020