Senate Bill 320 creating the state board of massage therapy and providing for the certification of massage therapists cleared the House by a vote of 52 to 39. Seems like House Democrats were mostly in favor while Republicans were mostly opposed. If the Senate doesn’t object to the House amendments or if they can hammer out the differences, we’ll have a newly regulated profession. Under the proposed legislation, they’ll yank your certification if you’ve been convicted of prostitution, rape, or sexual misconduct.
I’m generally against licensure bills where I don’t see a pressing need. This bill is no exception.
[tags]SB320-2007, professional licensure[/tags]
Laughed out loud at your headline. Nice *lol*
I’ll second Ben’s comment. Great headline.
I’ll be honest. If it weren’t for the headline, I probably wouldn’t have bothered with the blog post.
I’ve been a practicing massage therapist for 9 years. I can see pros and cons to licensing. I would like to see those of us who have practiced legitimately prior to the licensing have a grandfather priviledge. Having a “grandfathering” test and proof of legitimacy would make it more accurate. I would like to call attention to your headline comment. This comment is about the sexuality of the subject. Comments like these do no favors to those of us practicing massage therapy legitimately. When referring to massage therapist, please leave all sexual comments out of the conversation. It isn’t helping us as we try to establish ourselves in a legitimate way. Thank you!
I’m a lawyer. I figure I’m entitled to tell a few jokes about other professions every once in awhile.
Doug –
You should have known this was going to rub some people the wrong way…
Parker,
Sometimes it takes a firm hand to wring the most out of a situation.
Thanks for all your help, gentlemen.
Alas, I see no “gentlemen” in these parts. :-)