(a) A person who holds a license as a master massage therapist issued by the Department of Health and who submits satisfactory evidence to the department that he or she has successfully completed and meets the requirements stated in § 17-86-102 shall be entitled to be upgraded to massage therapy instructor.
(b) Each application for upgrade to massage therapy instructor is considered a new application for purposes of criminal background checks.
(c) Fees are as follows:
(1) Application fee $75.00 Nonrefundable
(2) Original license fee 80.00
(3) Biennial renewal fee 80.00
(4) Duplicate license fee 10.00
(5) Pocket card fee not to exceed ten dollars ($10.00).