(a) A person not currently licensed as a massage or bodywork therapist or certified as a massage technician under this chapter, when guilty of engaging in the practice of massage or bodywork therapy or of practicing as a massage technician, or using in connection with the practitioner's own name, or otherwise assuming or using any title or description conveying, or tending to convey the impression that the practitioner is qualified to practice massage or bodywork therapy, or to act as a massage technician, such offender shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon the first offense, the practitioner shall be fined not less than $100, nor more than $500 for each offense. For a second or subsequent conviction, the fine shall be not less than $500, nor no more than $1,000 for each offense. Superior Court shall have jurisdiction over all violations of this chapter.
(b) Where a person unlawfully operates, manages, owns, or advertises for any massage establishment or place where massage and bodywork services are rendered, the person shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor, and be imprisoned not more than 1 year or fined not more than $2300, or both. Superior Court shall have jurisdiction over all violations of this chapter.
Structure Delaware Code
Title 24 - Professions and Occupations
Chapter 53. MASSAGE AND BODYWORK
§ 5307. License; certification required.
§ 5309. Qualifications of applicants for certification as massage technicians.
§ 5312. Issuance and renewal of licenses; certification.
§ 5313. Grounds for discipline.
§ 5315. Disciplinary sanctions.
§ 5318. Practice of massage and bodywork on minors.
§ 5319. Qualifications of applicants for massage establishments.