Procedures for Renewal of a License and Renewal of a Lapsed/Expired License

(1) Requirements for Renewal of a License. (a) Licensees must renew their licenses every year. Each license originally issued to a Licensee shall be valid for a minimum of 12 months and shall expire on the 28th day of the Licensee’s birth month. Each subsequent renewal shall be on the anniversary of that date. (b) A Licensee must submit to the Board, or its agent, a completed written or electronic renewal application and the required fees prior to the expiration date of the license; and (c) A Licensee must furnish the Board with satisfactory proof that he or she has not been convicted in any jurisdiction of a sexually-related crime or a crime of moral turpitude since the original application for licensure; and (d) A Licensee must furnish the Board with satisfactory proof that he or she has adequate individual professional liability insurance consistent with 269 CMR 3.01(2)(g); and (e) A Licensee must fulfill and document the satisfactory completion of continuing education requirements consistent with 269 CMR 4.00: Continuing Education (2) Procedures for Renewal of a Lapsed/Expired License. (a) If a Licensee fails to meet the requirements for license renewal as set forth in 269 CMR 3.02(1), the license of such person shall be considered expired and not in good standing. A Licensee with an expired license shall not be permitted to use the title “Massage Therapist”, “Massage Practitioner,” “Licensed Massage Therapist,” or “LMT” or any other abbreviation that implies state licensure or practice Massage during the period in which the license is expired. (b) If a former Licensee requests that an expired license be reinstated within five years from the date of expiration, that individual must pay one renewal fee, the fee for the current licensure period, and one late fee. In addition, the individual must meet all continuing education contact hours required by the Board since the date the license was last issued/renewed. The former licensee must meet the requirements for Renewal of a License pursuant to 260 CMR 3.02(1). The former licensee also may be subject to disciplinary action for unlicensed practice, if they practiced massage without a license. (c) If an expired license is not renewed within five years of the date of expiration, the Licensee must apply for license re-issuance. The license may only be reissued if the applicant meets all of the Board’s statutory and regulatory licensure requirements in existence at the time of re-application, pays all application fees in accordance with the procedures identified in 269 CMR 3.01, and completes all continuing education requirements for all renewal periods between the date of license expiration and the date of reapplication. 3.02: continued (d) For an individual who is licensed and practicing Massage in another jurisdiction, but whose license has expired in the Commonwealth, the Board, or its agent, shall consider, on a case-by-case basis, whether the continuing education requirements of the other jurisdiction are reasonably equivalent to those in the Commonwealth and, therefore, can be used as a basis for reinstatement of the expired license. The Board, or its agent, shall consider, on a case-by-case basis, the overall competence of the individual. The Board may require the applicant to appear before the Board, and/or take an examination, and/or document continued professional competence, and/or practice under supervision prior to, or as a term or condition of reinstatement of the expired license. For purposes of 269 CMR 3.02(2)(d), the fee for re-instatement of such a license shall be the same as the reciprocal license fee established by the Secretary of Administration & Finance.