Will Senate approve?
Massage therapists will no longer need a license in Mississippi if HB #1315 becomes law. The bill abolishes the Board of Massage Therapy and all licensure requirements for massage therapists. It passed the House yesterday.
HB #1315 relaxes occupational license requirements for some professions. The bill dissolves all licenses for professional art therapists, auctioneers, interior designers, wigologists, and massage therapists. The bill did not include symbologists. The bill was assigned to the House Committe on Accountability, Efficiency, and Transparency.
Speaker of the House Phillip Gunn sponsored the original bill. That bill did not include massage therapy but terminated license requirements for funeral home operators. That little act of abolition generated some controversy. The committee removed all language about funeral homes but inserted a new Section 10 in the committee substitute bill:
Sections 73-67-1, 73-67-3, 73-67-5, 73-67-7, 73-67-9, 73-67-11, 73-67-13, 73-67-15, 73-67-17, 73-67-19, 73-67-21, 73-67-23, 73-67-25, 73-67-27, 73-67-29, 73-67-31, 73-67-33, 73-67-35, 73-67-37 and 73-67-39, Mississippi Code of 1972, which create the Mississippi Professional Massage Therapy Act and the State Board of Massage Therapy, are repealed.
The bill passed the House on a 74-36 vote with six abstentions. It is currently held on a motion to reconsider. Bill history.
The conservative organization, Empower Mississippi, shot off an email celebrating the victory:
House Bill 1315, sponsored by Speaker Philip Gunn, eliminates licensing requirements for art therapists, auctioneers, interior designers, and wigologists.
Each of these professions poses no legitimate threat to public safety and the state government has no rational basis for regulating them....
HB 1315 passed 72-38.
We are excited to support these bills as they move through the legislature and invite you to lend your voice to the cause. Onward!
Oddly enough, the email does not mention the abolishment of the massage therapy license. Discussion of this section begins at 26:00.
Kingfish note: Several law enforcement officials and massage therapists made it quite clear they were unhappy with this bill. Several Representatives were unaware of Section 10 when they voted for its passage yesterday.
Discussion of the bill begins at 22:24 in video.
38 comments:
Massages are nice but in most Asian countries a man can get his ears cleaned by a delicate, soft spoken maiden. I miss that sensation so much and wish we could get it here.
Try it once and you will never want a Q-tip again
No private occupation would be regulated at unless it was wanted by the members of that occupation. The purpose of the regulation is to protect the occupation, not the public. This goes for anything, be it architects, attorneys, accountants, alarm technicians, barbers, beautician and the rest of the alphabet. Licenses and regulations protect the trade, not the public.
The escort services are gonna love this LOL
Yeah, sanitation standards are to protect the barbers, not the public.
6:29 you're exactly 180 degrees off. I am a member of a couple of those professions you listed above, and I can tell you with 100% certainty that, almost without exception, those in authority over my work don't give two licks about me. Their concern is ONLY about the public.
As a side question: art therapists and wigologists are real things?
KF, the Barber Board does not regulate sanitation standards. They provide licenses to operate. You get a bad haircut, go to another barber next month. Same with beauticians. Sanitation requirements are not included in the statutes that establish the boards that regulate professions. Only the requirements that it takes to get a license - and how often you have to renew it. And of course, how much you have to pay the barber (beauty, desogner, whatever) board so that you get your next license.
Of course you do get a nice little certificate you can put in a Walmart frame on your barber shop wall, showing that you are licensed.
This may rub some people the wrong way. Bada bing.
I'm licensed where the regulators get the vast preponderance of the fines. Conflict of interest? You bet. 5% to protect the public and 95% to enrich the regulators.
Yep . . . a free market economy determines which business will survive.
( Irrelevant of a "government license" in many situations . . . NOT ALL, but many ).
Example:
I may get a bad hair cut in Madison, MS . . . or contract Syphilis & Gonorrhea at a brothel
in Nevada.
Either path, it was my choice as a consumer.
In each case, the service providers will correct any issues to keep their profits flowing into their banks accounts.
That's basic Capitalism in a nutshell.
Robert Kraft approves.
The idea that consumers are all informed and rational is asinine. People make buying decisions based on marketing, not the best service for the best price. It sounds good on paper but is a farce in reality.
Does this mean I can continue playing the symbols on my drum set without a license? I'm confused by the symbologist language.
A happy ending, indeed!
I’m hearing Hugh Freeze has hired lobbyists to help push this bill through. He’s paying the lobbyists as much as he paid a left tackle, so we are talking big bucks. Hopefully he is not funding the lobbying efforts by stealing from the collection plate at church.
Well, they should seriously consider abolishing licenses to practice law. Some of you probably do not have a conscience. I believe for the most part, most professionals appreciate some kind of regulation. If it were not there, any juggling circus clown could come in a magically disappear with some poor soul’s money. Kind of like the pranksters who pine straw your yard and demand 2 or 3 thousand dollars or else. With regulations, the pranksters know the public is aware that you have to be somewhat educated in the profession. Oppose this bill. Just say No. The speaker was asleep when he sponsored this bill. Say no.
Dammit! I came on here just to leave a Robert Craft joke. I tip my hat to you 8:33
That’s nothing. The House also passed a bill that does away with license to practice medicine. They want nurses to be able to practice medicine as if they went to medical school
6:29 -- the medical MJ farmers would disagree, I believe.
Who the hell is Robert Craft and why should we care what he does or doesn't think?
Many professional licensing regulations are intended only to protect Mississippi businesses from competitors from coming in and taking away their share of the local market. At the very least, professional licensing requirements should provide that if there is someone who has been licensed in another state, they should be able to come here and do the same work without having to jump through even more hoops.
With the proliferation of massage guns will there be demand for massage therapists? Hell I got a $200 one from Dirt Cheap in Pearl for $50.
The flawed logic goes something like this: well if a massage therapist sucks and injures someone, then everyone will find out and not go there. The free market takes care of it!
Reality: that is a HUGE assumption- it is very possible that through marketing and advertising this sort of thing could be covered up and drowned out. In the meantime more people are unnecessarily getting hurt by poorly trained unlicensed people
9:25 - I see what you did there. Nice job.
8:13 am You won't get STDs in brothels that are licensed in Nevada.
You can actually be physically injured by a massage therapist that doesn't know what the hell they are doing.
Maybe when enough people have their discs slipped out of place or joint and nerve damage, the idiots in our legislature will reconsider.
Great! I no longer have to find a licensed person to give me a hand job.
As long as they remove their dentures you won't get injured.
Wait a minute. Doesn't the Sate make money of of the license fees?
I am ignorant in the field.. Also, who is really benefiting from this change, Is it the state of MS?
Do you have to show proof of training to get a license? What is to keep untrained people from working?
Are Mississippi's mechanics, plumbers, electricians, etc required to have a license that involves proving they are capable of the work they do?
I often take care of my own minor daily repairs such as replacing toilets, water heaters both gas and electric and even a 440v 3 phase compressor at a business because so many who advertise to be professionals in various skills actually never do the work. Instead they have OJT helpers doing the work.
HVAC was my most outrageous use of unskilled labor in recent years Reading an owners manual and using a cell phone to call the office the skilled(?) technician worked his way through the problem. The bill was for 'Rocket Scientist' qualifications though.
If anyone is against this bill contact Empower Ms they are the ones pushing it !
Did you know there is an egg marketing board? The legislators spend money on this. Cuz we knows where the grocery store is.
I would like to leave a comment about HB 1315. If this bill is enacted, it would, among other things, eliminate the licensing requirements for art therapists. I am a licensed professional art therapist who has worked in the state of Mississippi for over 25 years with children and adults in inpatient and outpatient facilities. Many of the people I have worked with have been victims of sexual or physical abuse or suffered from medical conditions such as cancer. Art therapy is an evidence-based mental health profession (similar to marriage and family therapy and professional counseling) that requires a masters or doctorate degree to practice. We are trained to use the arts in therapy. We receive extensive education, training and supervision, and pass a national board certification exam. We work with children and adults in in many settings including schools, hospitals, rehab facilities, mental health clinics and agencies offering services to the elderly. Evidence supports the use of art therapy by a trained professional with people such as veterans who have experience trauma. Regulations ensure that the public receives mental health interventions by qualified and trained professionals. The Department of Health regulates licensed professional art therapists.
@2:21
Sounds like you should’ve picked a profession that can’t easily be replaced by a YouTuber with a Patreon account!
lol this is the 21st century and technology is the ultimate disruptor! It’s not the states job to protect your job! Go compete!
Showing once again that the legislatures in the state of MS are not too bright. Massage therapists can and do cause harm to patients. It isn't a simple back rub. You can pinch nerves or cause damage if you treat someone with an underlying issue.
If you get your penis massaged for a fee is that prostitution or a unlicensed massage?
" The flawed logic goes something like this: well if a massage therapist sucks and injures someone".
Memories of Lorena Bobbitt .
" If you get your penis massaged for a fee is that prostitution or a unlicensed massage?"
Laughing very loud !
Why in the world would any guy have to pay for such.
3:43 PM, I respectfully suggest you get out more often.
I oppose this bill. Licensing of massage therapists has been used to shut down several massage houses used as fronts for prostitution and money laundering.
Oh, this is funny. The massage therapists hired Charles Porter for their lobbyist. Hope they enjoy burning money because the smell of smoke is all they will get.
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