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  1. This chapter shall not be construed to prohibit a county or municipality from enacting any regulation of persons not licensed pursuant to this chapter. Any place of business where massage therapy for compensation is performed shall also be subject to any regulation by local governing authorities which elect to enact regulations in accordance with this chapter.
  2. No provision of any ordinance enacted by a county, municipality, or other local jurisdiction that requires an individual professional license by such county, municipality, or local jurisdiction of a massage therapist may be enforced against a person who is issued a license by the board under this chapter.

(Code 1981, §43-24A-22, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 1251, § 1/SB 110; Ga. L. 2010, p. 401, § 5/SB 364; Ga. L. 2019, p. 591, § 1/HB 242.)

The 2019 amendment, effective May 6, 2019, in subsection (a), in the second sentence, inserted the second occurrence of "any" and added "which elect to enact regulations in accordance with this chapter" at the end; and substituted the present provisions of subsection (b) for the former provisions, which read: "No provision of any ordinance enacted by a municipality, county, or other jurisdiction that relates to the practice of massage therapy or requires licensure of a massage therapist may be enforced against a person who is issued a license by the board under this chapter."

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 2010, p. 401, § 7/SB 364, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment to this Code section shall apply to all offenses which occur on or after July 1, 2010.


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