Effective - 28 Aug 2008
324.243. Board of therapeutic massage, members, terms, meetings, removal, compensation. — 1. There is hereby established in the division of professional registration the "Board of Therapeutic Massage" which shall guide, advise and make recommendations to the division and fulfill other responsibilities designated by sections 324.240 to 324.275. The board shall approve the examination required by section 324.265 and shall assist the division in carrying out the provisions of sections 324.240 to 324.275.
2. The board shall consist of seven voting members, including one public member, and one nonvoting member, appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Each member of the board shall be a citizen of the United States and a resident of this state and, except for the members first appointed, shall be licensed as a massage therapist by this state. The nonvoting member shall be a member of the massage education community in the state and shall serve a four-year term. Beginning with the appointments made after August 28, 1998, three voting members shall be appointed for four years, two voting members shall be appointed for three years and two voting members shall be appointed for two years. Thereafter, all voting members shall be appointed to serve four-year terms. No person shall be eligible for reappointment who has served as a member of the board for a total of eight years. The membership of the board shall reflect the differences in work experience and the professional affiliations of therapists with consideration being given to race, gender and ethnic origins.
3. A vacancy in the office of a member shall be filled by appointment by the governor for the remainder of the unexpired term.
4. The board shall hold an annual meeting at which it shall elect from its membership a chairperson, vice chairperson and secretary. The board may hold such additional meetings as may be required in the performance of its duties, provided that notice of every meeting shall be given to each member at least three days prior to the date of the meeting. A quorum of the board shall consist of a majority of its voting members.
5. The governor may remove a board member for misconduct, incompetence or neglect of official duties after giving the board member written notice of the charges and allowing the board member an opportunity to be heard.
6. The public member shall be, at the time of appointment, a citizen of the United States; a resident of this state for a period of one year and a registered voter; but may not have been a member of any profession licensed or regulated pursuant to sections 324.240 to 324.275 or an immediate family member of such a person; and may not have had a material, financial interest in either the providing of massage therapy as defined in sections 324.240 to 324.275 or in an activity or organization directly related to any profession licensed or regulated pursuant to sections 324.240 to 324.275. The duties of the public member shall not include any determination of the technical requirements to be met for licensure, whether a candidate for licensure meets such technical requirements, or of the technical competence or technical judgment of a licensee or a candidate for licensure.
7. The professional members shall not be officers in a professional massage organization, nor may they be the owners or managers of any massage educational entity.
8. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any appointed member of the board shall receive as compensation an amount established by the director of the division of professional registration not to exceed seventy dollars per day for commission business plus actual and necessary expenses. The director of the division of professional registration shall establish by rule guidelines for payment. All staff for the board shall be provided by the division.
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(L. 1998 H.B. 1601, et al., A.L. 1999 H.B. 343 merged with S.B. 362, A.L. 2001 H.B. 567, A.L. 2008 S.B. 788)
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXII - Occupations and Professions
Chapter 324 - Occupations and Professions General Provisions
Section 324.002 - Complaint procedure to be established by boards and commissions.
Section 324.005 - Licensure reciprocity for military members and personnel, when.
Section 324.009 - Licensure reciprocity — definitions — requirements — inapplicability, when.
Section 324.010 - No delinquent taxes, condition for renewal of certain professional licenses.
Section 324.013 - Age, denial of licensure, prohibited, when.
Section 324.014 - License status, change in to be reported to current employer by licensing body.
Section 324.015 - Fees, waiver of, when — definitions — procedure — rulemaking authority.
Section 324.017 - Disclosure of complaints, requirements.
Section 324.021 - Appointments to boards, affirmative action required.
Section 324.022 - Rulemaking authority.
Section 324.024 - Applications to contain Social Security numbers, exceptions.
Section 324.026 - Orientation program for appointees required, purpose.
Section 324.028 - Forfeiture of membership on board or council for missing meetings.
Section 324.029 - Felony conviction not a bar to licensure, when.
Section 324.031 - Collection and deposit of fees, requirements.
Section 324.035 - Continuing education, use of occupational fees prohibited, when — exceptions.
Section 324.036 - Fee collection, accounting, and deposit, division may contract for services.
Section 324.038 - Issuance of license subject to probation permitted, when, procedure.
Section 324.039 - Classification created for licensees removing themselves from licensing system.
Section 324.041 - Testing positive for a controlled substance, presumption of illegal possession.
Section 324.042 - Additional discipline permitted, when.
Section 324.045 - Default decision entered, when — set aside, when — good cause defined.
Section 324.050 - Occupational therapy practice act — definitions.
Section 324.059 - Exceptions to licensing requirements.
Section 324.063 - Missouri board of occupational therapy, members, terms, removal.
Section 324.065 - Board duties, meetings, compensation — rules, procedure.
Section 324.068 - Division of professional registration duties.
Section 324.071 - Application for a license — certification, when.
Section 324.074 - Missouri board of occupational therapy fund created.
Section 324.077 - Limited permit issued, when.
Section 324.080 - Renewal notice sent, when — inactive status granted, when.
Section 324.086 - Refusal to issue license, when — notification of applicant — complaint procedure.
Section 324.087 - Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact.
Section 324.089 - Violations of sections 324.050 to 324.089.
Section 324.125 - Clinical perfusionist licensure act.
Section 324.128 - Definitions.
Section 324.130 - Application eligibility, when.
Section 324.133 - License by examination.
Section 324.136 - Application procedure, fees, qualifications.
Section 324.139 - Competency examination, notification of results.
Section 324.141 - License displayed prominently at location of practice.
Section 324.147 - Issuance of a license by the board, when — provisional license, when.
Section 324.150 - Waiver of examination and education requirements by the board, when.
Section 324.156 - Exceptions to requirements of sections 324.125 to 324.183.
Section 324.159 - Board duties.
Section 324.162 - Complaints filed with the board, information file kept, contents.
Section 324.165 - Board, rules adopted, when — disposition of complaints, procedure.
Section 324.168 - Compliance with licensing requirements, rules by the board.
Section 324.180 - Commission meetings, when — quorum.
Section 324.183 - Promulgation of rules by the board, limitations.
Section 324.200 - Dietitian practice act — definitions.
Section 324.205 - Title of licensed dietitian, use permitted, when — penalty.
Section 324.207 - Practice of medicine prohibited, when.
Section 324.210 - Qualifications of applicant for licensure — examination required, exception.
Section 324.212 - Applications for licensure, fees — renewal notices — dietitian fund established.
Section 324.215 - Issuance of license, when — reciprocity — reexamination, limitations.
Section 324.220 - Authority of division.
Section 324.225 - Insurance reimbursement for services not mandated.
Section 324.228 - Rulemaking authority — nonseverability, when.
Section 324.240 - Definitions.
Section 324.243 - Board of therapeutic massage, members, terms, meetings, removal, compensation.
Section 324.245 - Authority of board — rulemaking — massage therapy fund.
Section 324.250 - Massage business, issuance of licenses, when — renewal — posting required.
Section 324.252 - Massage business licenses, nontransferable and nonassignable.
Section 324.255 - Survey inspections, when.
Section 324.257 - Report of inspection findings, deficiencies — complaint.
Section 324.260 - Complaints against massage business or therapist, procedure.
Section 324.267 - Criminal background check authorized, cost.
Section 324.272 - Preemption clause.
Section 324.273 - Duties of division.
Section 324.275 - Violation — penalty.
Section 324.400 - Definitions.
Section 324.403 - Title of registered interior designer, use, when.
Section 324.406 - Interior design council created, members, terms, removal for cause.
Section 324.409 - Qualifications for registration.
Section 324.412 - Powers and duties of division — rulemaking.
Section 324.415 - Applications for registration, form — penalties.
Section 324.418 - Certificate of registration, renewal.
Section 324.421 - Waiver of examination, when.
Section 324.424 - Fees — interior designer council fund, use.
Section 324.427 - Unlawful use of title of registered interior designer.
Section 324.430 - Designation as registered interior designer prohibited, when.
Section 324.433 - Right to use title, nontransferable.
Section 324.439 - Violation — penalty.
Section 324.475 - Definitions.
Section 324.478 - Missouri acupuncturist advisory committee created, duties, members, terms.
Section 324.481 - Duties of board — rulemaking authority — acupuncturist fund created, use of.
Section 324.484 - Persons exempt from licensing requirements.
Section 324.487 - Qualifications for licensure.
Section 324.490 - Expiration of licenses.
Section 324.493 - Restoration of license, procedure.
Section 324.496 - Authority of the board — complaints, procedure — limitation of liability.
Section 324.499 - Violations, penalty — right to sue.
Section 324.520 - Definitions — tattooing, branding, body piercing, prohibited, when, penalty.
Section 324.522 - Licensing required, when — rulemaking authority.
Section 324.524 - Tattoo fund.
Section 324.526 - Temporary license issued, when.
Section 324.700 - Definitions.
Section 324.703 - License required for persons engaged in the business of housemoving.
Section 324.706 - License issued, when.
Section 324.709 - Effective date of license — annual renewal.
Section 324.712 - Certificate of insurance required.
Section 324.721 - Obstructions to be removed and replaced at expense of housemover.
Section 324.724 - Alternate route used, when.
Section 324.727 - No house in highway right-of-way without permission.
Section 324.730 - Visibility and unsafe weather conditions, restrictions on move.
Section 324.733 - Voiding of permit, when.
Section 324.736 - Local ordinances complied with, moves on municipal streets.
Section 324.739 - Speed of moves, limitations.
Section 324.742 - Violations, penalty.
Section 324.745 - Severability clause — applicability exceptions.
Section 324.900 - Definitions.
Section 324.910 - Rulemaking authority — duties of division.
Section 324.915 - Work exempt from statutory requirements, when.
Section 324.930 - Missouri electrical industry licensing fund created.
Section 324.945 - Violations, penalties.
Section 324.1100 - Definitions.
Section 324.1103 - Duties of division.
Section 324.1104 - Prohibited acts.
Section 324.1106 - Persons deemed not to be engaging in private investigation business.
Section 324.1107 - Private fire investigation, deemed not engaging in, when.
Section 324.1108 - Application for licensure, contents — qualifications.
Section 324.1110 - Licensure requirements.
Section 324.1112 - Denial of a request for licensure, when.
Section 324.1116 - Agency hiring criteria.
Section 324.1118 - Licensure required — prohibited acts.
Section 324.1120 - Supervision of agency employees required, when.
Section 324.1122 - Continuing education requirements.
Section 324.1124 - Form of license, contents — posting requirements.
Section 324.1130 - Records to be maintained — required filings.
Section 324.1132 - Advertising requirements.
Section 324.1136 - Record-keeping requirements — investigatory powers of the board.
Section 324.1138 - Rulemaking authority.
Section 324.1142 - Falsification of required information, penalties.
Section 324.1144 - Reciprocity.
Section 324.1146 - Licensure of law enforcement officers, qualifications.
Section 324.1147 - Civil and criminal liability, no immunity, when.