MI HB6036

Increases application processing fee for massage therapist licensure from $20.00 to $75.00 and adds new $75.00 apprenticeship permit fee.

Establishes apprenticeship programs as an alternative pathway to massage therapy licensure, requiring 625 hours of apprenticeship training instead of formal school education.

Creates apprenticeship permit requirements including supervisor qualifications (10 years experience, good standing license), limits (maximum 2 apprentices at a time), attendance records, and prohibition on charging apprentices training fees.

Requires apprentices to complete 20 hours of coursework before practicing on the public and allows apprentices to work under supervision of licensed massage therapist as part of school or apprenticeship program.

Adds definitions for "apprentice" and "apprenticeship program" and updates terminology throughout statute (e.g., "massage therapist" to "individual licensed to engage in the practice of massage therapy").