Massage therapists could use one license across member states

Eligible massage therapists could practice in participating states using a multistate license. Applicants must hold an active license that allows full practice in their home state, which must be a member state. Active-duty service members and their spouses may keep their home-state designation during an assignment and qualify through education that meets that state’s requirements. Applicants must meet education and exam standards, pass a background check, meet the compact’s criminal and licensing-history rules, and pay required fees. The compact would take effect only when seven states enact it; Missouri has only introduced this bill. The compact would begin when the seventh state enacts it. A multistate license may last until the therapist’s home-state license renewal.

A commission would manage the compact and share license and investigation records among member states. Each member state would select one delegate through its licensing authority. Member states would report license, discipline, and specified investigation information to the shared system. The commission could charge member states and multistate license holders fees to cover its approved budget when other revenue is not enough. Investigation records would be available only to member states. States may restrict some information from public release, and expunged information must be removed. The commission would come into existence on or after the compact takes effect, when seven states have enacted it.