License by Endorsement

  1. Law
  2. Georgia Code
  3. Professions and Businesses
  4. Massage Therapy Practice
  5. General Provisions
  6. License by Endorsement

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  1. Any applicant for a license by endorsement as a massage therapist must submit a completed application upon a form and in such manner as the board prescribes, accompanied by applicable fees, and evidence satisfactory to the board that:
    1. The applicant is at least 18 years of age;
    2. The applicant is of good moral character. For purposes of this paragraph, "good moral character" means professional integrity and a lack of any conviction for acts involving moral turpitude where the underlying conduct relates to the applicant's fitness to practice massage therapy;
    3. The applicant has satisfactory results from a fingerprint record check report conducted by the Georgia Crime Information Center and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as determined by the board. Application for a license under this Code section shall constitute express consent and authorization for the board or its representative to perform a criminal background check. Each applicant who submits an application to the board for licensure by endorsement agrees to provide the board with any and all information necessary to run a criminal background check, including, but not limited to, classifiable sets of fingerprints. The applicant shall be responsible for all fees associated with the performance of such background check; and
    4. The applicant is currently licensed as a massage therapist in another jurisdiction, state, or territory of the United States or foreign country which requires standards for licensure considered by the board to be equivalent to the requirements for licensure under this chapter.
  2. The board may establish by rule procedures for an applicant for licensure by endorsement to supplement his or her application to satisfy any standards for licensure pursuant to this chapter that are greater than those of another state, territory, or jurisdiction.

(Code 1981, §43-24A-13, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 1251, § 1/SB 110; Ga. L. 2008, p. 1112, § 17/HB 1055; Ga. L. 2012, p. 1032, § 3/SB 143; Ga. L. 2019, p. 591, § 1/HB 242.)

The 2019 amendment, effective May 6, 2019, designated the existing provisions of this Code section as subsection (a); and added subsection (b).

Code Commission notes.

- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2005, the subsection (a) designation was deleted at the beginning of this Code section since this Code section was enacted without a subsection (b) and double quotes were substituted for single quotes in paragraph (2).


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