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Open Monthly Board Meeting March 13, 2025
Consistent with the requirements of N.J.S.A. 10:4-9.1, electronic notice is herein provided that the New Jersey State Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy will hold an Open Monthly Board Meeting on March 13, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. Notice has been provided to the Secretary of State, the Asbury Park Press, the Atlantic City Press, the Bergen Record, the Courier-Post, and the Trenton Times via mail and email. The meeting is being conducted electronically only. A copy of the agenda for the meeting, to the extent presently known, is accessible by clicking the “meetings” tab on the left side of the Board’s homepage and then clicking “view agenda”. Formal action may be taken at the meeting. Any member of the public wishing to attend the public session of this meeting may do so from a computer, tablet or smartphone by clicking the link below:
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Alert On July 10, 2024, Governor Murphy signed into law
P.L. 2024, c.46 (“Act”), which raised the minimum number of hours of class study required for licensure as a massage and bodywork therapist from 500 to 600 hours. The Act also authorized the Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy (“Board”) to adopt regulations implementing the Act immediately upon filing with the Office of Administrative Law for a period of up to 545 days, and thereafter to adopt permanent regulations.
The Board is aware that there are applicants for licensure who have completed 500 hours of class study consistent with the requirements in place prior to July 10, 2024, and that there are students currently enrolled in programs that require only 500 hours of class study. To avoid the disruption that requiring these applicants and students to complete 100 additional hours of class study would cause, the Board will issue a license to any applicant who completed or enrolled in a program requiring at least 500 hours of class study prior to the effective date of the Board’s forthcoming regulations implementing the Act, provided that (1) the applicant completes at least 500 hours of class study; (2) the course of study meets the Board’s current regulatory requirements (see N.J.A.C. 13:37A-2.1(d)); and (3) the applicant otherwise satisfies the requirements for licensure.
Applicants who enroll in a program after the effective date of the Board’s forthcoming regulations will be required to complete at least 600 hours of class study, consistent with the Act.
