Public Act 101-0421
Public Act 0421 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Public Act 101-0421
| | SB1841 Enrolled | LRB101 02852 JRG 47860 b |
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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| represented in the General Assembly:
| Section 5. The Massage Licensing Act is amended by changing | Section 25 as follows:
| (225 ILCS 57/25)
| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
| Sec. 25. Exemptions.
| (a) This Act does not prohibit a person licensed
under any | other Act
in this State
from
engaging in the practice for which | he or she is licensed.
| (b) Persons exempted under this Section include, but are | not limited to,
physicians,
podiatric physicians, naprapaths, | and physical therapists.
| (c) Nothing in this Act prohibits qualified members of | other
professional groups,
including but not limited to nurses, | occupational therapists,
cosmetologists, and
estheticians, | from performing massage in a manner consistent with their
| training and the
code of ethics of their respective | professions.
| (d) Nothing in this Act prohibits a student of an approved | massage
school or
program from performing massage, provided | that the student does not hold
himself or herself out
as a |
| licensed massage therapist and does not receive compensation, | including tips, for massage therapy
services.
| (e) Nothing in this Act prohibits practitioners that do not | involve
intentional soft tissue manipulation, including but | not limited to Alexander
Technique, Feldenkrais, Reike, and | Therapeutic Touch, from practicing.
| (f) Practitioners of certain service marked bodywork | approaches that do
involve intentional soft tissue | manipulation, including but not limited to
Rolfing, Trager | Approach, Polarity Therapy, and Orthobionomy, are exempt from
| this Act if they are approved by their governing body based on | a minimum level
of training, demonstration of competency, and | adherence to ethical standards.
| (g) Until January 1, 2020, practitioners Practitioners of | Asian bodywork approaches are exempt from this Act if
they are | members of the American Organization of Bodywork Therapies of | Asia as
certified practitioners or if they are approved by an | Asian bodywork
organization based on a minimum level of | training, demonstration of competency,
and adherence to | ethical standards set by their governing body.
| (h) Practitioners of other forms of bodywork who restrict | manipulation of
soft tissue to the feet, hands, and ears, and | who do not have the client
disrobe, such as reflexology, are | exempt from this Act.
| (i) Nothing in this Act applies to massage therapists from | other states or
countries when providing educational programs |
| or services for a period not
exceeding 30 days within a | calendar year.
| (j) Nothing in this Act prohibits a person from treating | ailments by
spiritual means through prayer alone in accordance | with the tenets and
practices of a recognized church or | religious denomination.
| (k) Nothing in this Act applies to the practice of massage | therapy by a person either actively licensed as a massage | therapist in another state or currently certified by the | National Certification Board of Therapeutic Massage and | Bodywork or other national certifying body if said person's | state does not license massage therapists, if he or she is | performing his or her duties for a non-Illinois based team or | organization, or for a national athletic event held in this | State, so long as he or she restricts his or her practice to | his or her team or organization or to event participants during | the course of his or her team's or organization's stay in this | State or for the duration of the event. | (Source: P.A. 97-514, eff. 8-23-11; 98-214, eff. 8-9-13.)
| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | becoming law.
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Effective Date: 8/16/2019
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