South Carolina § 40-30-100 - Practice without license.
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§ 40-30-100. Practice without license.
(A) No person may practice or offer to practice massage therapy without a license issued in accordance with this chapter; however, a person licensed by the State under this title or any other provision of law whose scope of practice overlaps with the practice of massage therapy is not also required to be licensed under this chapter unless the person holds himself out to be a massage therapist.
(B) Unless otherwise exempt from licensure, no person or entity may open, operate, maintain, use, or advertise as a massage therapy establishment or a sole practitioner establishment without obtaining a massage therapist license, massage therapy establishment license, or sole practitioner establishment license, as applicable, pursuant to this chapter.
(C) Nothing in this chapter may be construed to authorize an individual or establishment licensed under this chapter to practice physical therapy or chiropractic or to utilize chiropractic therapeutic modalities except where the scope of practice for massage therapy, as provided for in this chapter, overlaps with the practice of physical therapy or chiropractic.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 387, SECTION 1; 2022 Act No. 151 (S.227), SECTION 2, eff May 13, 2023.
Effect of Amendment
2022 Act No. 151, SECTION 2, rewrote the section.
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Section 40-30-100 ("Practice without license.") is part of the South Carolina Code of Laws, the codified statutory law of South Carolina. 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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