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States with Massage Practice Laws
Discover which states currently regulate the practice of massage therapy and when the law was enacted.
View the State Regulations section for a complete listing of state with massage therapy practice laws, education requirements, contact names and other valuable information for massage therapists.
| Alabama | enacted 1996 |
| Alaska | enacted 2014 |
| Arizona | enacted 2003 |
| Arkansas | enacted 1951 |
| California | enacted 2008 |
| Colorado | enacted 2008 |
| Connecticut | enacted 1993 |
| Delaware | enacted 1993 |
| District of Columbia | enacted 1994 |
| Florida | enacted 1943 |
| Georgia | enacted 2005 |
| Hawaii | enacted 1947 |
| Idaho | enacted 2012 |
| Illinois | enacted 2002 |
| Indiana | enacted 2007 |
| Iowa | enacted 1992 |
| Kentucky | enacted 2003 |
| Louisiana | enacted 1992 |
| Maine | enacted 1991 |
| Maryland | enacted 1996 |
| Massachusetts | enacted 2006 |
| Michigan | enacted 2009 |
| Mississippi | enacted 2001 |
| Missouri | enacted 1998 |
| Montana | enacted 2009 |
| Nebraska | enacted 1958 |
| Nevada | enacted 2005 |
| New Hampshire | enacted 1980 |
| New Jersey | enacted 1998 |
| New Mexico | enacted 1991 |
| New York | enacted 1967 |
| North Carolina | enacted 1998 |
| North Dakota | enacted 1959 |
| Ohio | enacted 1915 |
| Oklahoma | enacted 2016 |
| Oregon | enacted 1951 |
| Pennsylvania | enacted 2008 |
| Rhode Island | enacted 1979 |
| South Carolina | enacted 1996 |
| South Dakota | enacted 2005 |
| Tennessee | enacted 1995 |
| Texas | enacted 1985 |
| Utah | enacted 1981 |
| Virginia | enacted 1996 |
| Washington | enacted 1976 |
| West Virginia | enacted 1997 |
| Wisconsin | enacted 1998 |