Rhode Island § 5-95-6 - Licensing of Massage Therapists

§ 5-95-6. Title protection and protected terms.

(a) A person shall not practice, or hold themself out to others as practicing massage therapy, or as a massage therapist, without first receiving from the board a license to engage in that practice.

(b) A person shall hold themself out to others as a massage therapist when the person adopts or uses any title or description, including: “massage therapist,” “masseur,” “masseuse,” “massagist,” “massotherapist,” “myotherapist,” “body therapist,” “massage technician,” “massage practitioner,” or any derivation of those terms that implies this practice.

(c) It shall be unlawful to advertise the practice of massage therapy using the term massage therapy, or any other term that implies a massage technique or method, in any public or private publication or communication by a person not licensed by the state of Rhode Island department of health as a massage therapist.

(d) Any person who holds a license to practice as a massage therapist in this state may use the title “licensed massage therapist” and the abbreviation “LMT”. No other persons may assume this title or use such abbreviation or any other word, letters, signs, or figures to indicate that the person using the title is a licensed massage therapist.

(e) A massage therapist’s name and license number must conspicuously appear on all of the massage therapist’s print and electronic material. A massage therapist licensed under this chapter must have available their license, in all places of practice.