Section 7804. Requirements for a professional license  


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  • To qualify for a
      license as a massage therapist, masseur or masseuse, an applicant  shall
      fulfill the following requirements:
        (1) Application: file an application with the department;
        (2)  Education:  have  received  an  education,  including high school
      graduation and graduation from a school or institute of massage  therapy
      with  a  program  registered  by  the  department,  or  its  substantial
      equivalent in both subject matter and extent of training, provided  that
      the  program  in  such  school  or  institute shall consist of classroom
      instruction of a total of not less than five hundred hours  in  subjects
      satisfactory to the department;
        (3)  Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in
      accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
        (4) Age: be at least eighteen years of age;
        (5) Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States  citizen  or
      an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States;
        (6)  Character:  be  of  good  moral  character  as  determined by the
      department; and
        (7) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars to  the  department
      for  admission  to a department conducted examination and for an initial
      license, a fee of forty-five dollars for each reexamination,  a  fee  of
      fifty dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring admission
      to  a  department  conducted examination, and a fee of fifty dollars for
      each triennial registration period.