Alaska § 08.61.070 - Practice of massage therapy without license prohibited.
Full text of Alaska Alaska Statutes § 08.61.070 — Practice of massage therapy without license prohibited., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 08.61.070. Practice of massage therapy without license prohibited.
(a) A person may not practice massage therapy or represent that the person is a massage therapist unless the person holds a valid license under this chapter. In this subsection, a person represents that the person is a massage therapist when the person adopts or uses a title or description of services that incorporates one or more of the following terms or designations: massage, massage practitioner, massage therapist, massage therapy, therapeutic massage, massage technician, massage technology, massagist, masseur, masseuse, myotherapist, myotherapy, or another term describing a traditional European or contemporary western massage method, or a derivation of a term that implies a massage technique or method.
(b) A person who knowingly violates (a) of this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
Source: official Alaska text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 08.61.070 ("Practice of massage therapy without license prohibited.") is part of the Alaska Statutes, the codified statutory law of Alaska. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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