Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3558 – Massage establishments
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3558
- Board: means the Louisiana Board of Massage Therapy. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3552
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Massage establishment: means any place of business that offers the practice of massage therapy and where the practice of massage therapy is conducted on the premises of the business. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3552
- Massage therapist: means a person who engages in the practice of massage therapy for compensation. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3552
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: means an individual, corporation, association, or other legal entity. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3552
- Practice of massage therapy: means the manipulation of soft tissue for the purpose of maintaining good health and establishing and maintaining good physical condition. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3552
A. Massage establishments shall be required to be licensed as follows:
(1) Each person engaging in the practice of massage therapy at a massage establishment shall be the holder of a Licensed Massage Therapist Identification Card (LMT-ID Card), which shall identify the therapist as being properly licensed and shall authorize the therapist to provide off-site massage services.
(2) All locations where one or more persons are regularly engaged in the practice of massage therapy shall register with the board as a massage establishment. Additionally, all locations where more than one person is regularly engaged in the practice of massage therapy shall pay the establishment license fee.
(3) Obtaining a massage establishment license shall be the responsibility of the entity which controls the physical location where the services are provided, which entity may be a sole proprietor, lessee, owner, partnership, corporation, cooperative, association, or other legal entity.
B. A massage establishment shall employ or contract only licensed massage therapists to perform massage therapy.
C. For purposes of this Chapter, “sexually oriented business” means a sex parlor, massage parlor, nude studio, modeling studio, love parlor, adult bookstore, adult movie theater, adult video arcade, adult motel, or other commercial enterprise which has as its primary business the offering of a service or the sale, rent, or exhibit of devices or any other items intended to provide sexual stimulation or sexual gratification to the customer.
D. A sexually oriented business shall be ineligible for registration as a massage establishment and shall not operate as a massage establishment.
Acts 1992, No. 753, §2, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Acts 1993, No. 766, §1; Acts 2001, No. 387, §1; Acts 2012, No. 605, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.