ND SB2082

Allows massage therapy students to accept tips and schools to charge fees for supervised practicum and clinic services, while prohibiting fees and tips for unsupervised homework practice on other students, family, or friends.

Expands the Board of Massage from three to five members, adding two consumer members (non-massage therapists) appointed for two-year terms, and implements a six-year consecutive service limit with a two-year waiting period for reappointment.

Removes the high school diploma requirement for massage therapist licensure applicants, requiring only that applicants be eighteen years of age or older and of good moral character and temperate habits.

Allows the board to approve alternative educational methods for applicants who graduated from nationally or regionally accredited massage schools recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Establishes reciprocity pathways for out-of-state licensed massage therapists: two years of continuous practice allows licensure with a $150 fee, and five years of practice in a state with substantially similar standards allows licensure without examination.