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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 43. PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES · Chapter 24A. MASSAGE THERAPY PRACTICE · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

43-24A-20. Continuing education requirements.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    The board shall establish continuing education requirements not to exceed 25 hours per biennium in massage therapy, its complementary methods as defined by the board, or any of the modalities described in paragraphs (5) through (8) of subsection (a) of Code Section 43-24A-19. The board shall by rule establish criteria for the approval of continuing education programs or courses. The programs or courses approved by the board may include correspondence courses that meet the requirements for continuing education programs or courses.#

  2. (b)

    Continuing education requirements or credits used for license renewal shall be approved by the board and provided by an instructor approved by and in good standing with a national massage therapy certifying organization or entity approved by the board.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 43-24A-20, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 1251, § 1/SB 110; Ga. L. 2019, p. 591, § 1/HB 242; Ga. L. 2022, p. 498, § 2/HB 305. The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, added “and provided by an instructor approved by and in good standing with a national massage therapy certifying organization or entity approved by the board” at the end of subsection (b).

Administrative rules and regulations

Continuing education hours, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Board of Massage Therapy, License Renewal, Continuing Education, Inactive Status, and Reinstatement of License, R. 345-4-.02.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t43-ch1-32-(v30)-2022-pdf.pdf, Volume V30, 2022 edition, page 785; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 0e619b1f34e2.