Georgia § 43-24A-16 - Practice of massage therapy without a license; injunctions.
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§ 43-24A-16. Practice of massage therapy without a license; injunctions.
The practice of massage therapy is declared to be an activity that affects the public health, safety, and welfare of Georgians. Such practice by a person who is not licensed to practice massage therapy in this state is declared to be a public nuisance, harmful to the public health, safety, and welfare. Any citizen of this state, the board, or the appropriate prosecuting attorney of a jurisdiction where such practice is carried on by such unlicensed person may, on behalf of the public, bring an action to restrain and enjoin such unlicensed practice in the superior court of the county where such unlicensed person resides or works. It shall not be necessary in order to obtain an injunction under this Code section to allege or prove that there is no adequate remedy at law or to allege or prove any special injury. (Code 1981, § 43-24A-16 , enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 1251, § 1/SB 110; Ga. L. 2019, p. 591, § 1/HB 242.) The 2019 amendment, effective May 6, 2019, substituted "activity that affects the public health, safety, and welfare of Georgians" for "activity affecting the public interest and involving the health, safety, and welfare of the public" in the first sentence; inserted "massage therapy" in the middle of the second sentence; and inserted "of a jurisdiction" near the middle of the third sentence.
Source: official Georgia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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