South Carolina Code 40-30-140. Issuance of license
(B) A person licensed as a massage therapist under this chapter shall display his original license with a two inch by two inch current photo in a prominent and conspicuous place that is viewable by the general public in the massage therapy establishment or sole practitioner establishment. If a massage therapist provides massage therapy services outside of the massage therapy establishment or sole practitioner establishment, then the massage therapist must carry his original licensing card so that it is available at all times.
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 40-30-140
- Board: means the South Carolina Massage Therapy Board under the administration of the department. See South Carolina Code 40-30-30
- Department: means the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation. See South Carolina Code 40-30-30
- Entity: means a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, or other business entity or association as approved by the board. See South Carolina Code 40-30-30
- Licensure: means the procedure by which an individual applies to the department and is granted approval to practice massage therapy, or the procedure by which an establishment applies to the department and is granted approval to operate as a massage therapy establishment or a sole practitioner establishment. See South Carolina Code 40-30-30
- Massage therapist: means an individual licensed as required by this chapter, who administers massage therapy for compensation. See South Carolina Code 40-30-30
- Massage therapy: means the application of a system of structured touch to the soft tissues of the human body with the hand, foot, knee, arm, or elbow, whether or not the structured touch is aided by hydrotherapy, thermal therapy, a massage therapy device, or application to the human body of an herbal preparation. See South Carolina Code 40-30-30
- Massage therapy establishment: means an entity with a physical site or premise, licensed as required by this chapter, in which licensed massage therapists are employees or contractors practicing massage therapy on clients. See South Carolina Code 40-30-30
- Sole practitioner establishment: means a licensed massage therapist who is licensed pursuant to this chapter, who is not an employee or contractor of the sole practitioner establishment, and who provides massage therapy to clients at a specific location including, but not limited to, a rental space, home office space, or outcall or onsite space. See South Carolina Code 40-30-30
(C) A massage therapy establishment or sole practitioner establishment licensed pursuant to this chapter shall display its current license in a prominent and conspicuous place that is viewable to the general public.
(1) Establishment licenses are valid only for the owners named on the licensure applications. If there is a new owner or an ownership change, then the new owner must apply for an establishment license, and all applicable requirements of this chapter must be met.
(2) Establishment licenses are valid only for the location named on the initial and renewal licensure applications. If there is an address change, then the owner must notify the department within fifteen business days and must apply for an establishment license, and all applicable requirements of this chapter must be met.
(3) Establishment licenses are valid only for the name of the establishment provided on the licensure and renewal applications. If there is an establishment name change, then the owner must notify the department within fifteen business days of this change. No department inspection is required.
(D) A licensee must include the licensee’s license number in any advertisement for the licensee’s services.
(E) Only a person licensed under this chapter may use the title of "massage therapist". No person or entity shall use the words "massage therapy", "bodywork therapy", "massage-bodywork therapist", "massage therapist", the acronym "MT", "bodywork therapist", "massage", or "licensed massage therapist", the acronym "LMT", or any other words identified by the board in regulation unless the person or entity is licensed pursuant to this chapter.