HB1183 Summary

• Requires criminal background checks for new massage therapy licensees, school license applicants, and those seeking license upgrades through the Arkansas State Police and FBI

• Reduces board membership from two to one owner of a massage therapy school and changes board member term start dates to August 20 and initial term lengths

• Increases board member per diem from $50.00 to $60.00 per day for attending meetings or performing official duties

• Adds new definition of "sexual misconduct" and modifies disciplinary provisions to suspend (rather than revoke) licenses for sexual misconduct violations for three-year periods

• Repeals the grandfather clause that allowed existing licensees to upgrade status without meeting current requirements when qualifications change