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MDK:jlg:km
1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE
March 23, 1999 - Introduced by Representative Underheim, cosponsored by
Senator Roessler. Referred to Committee on Health.
AB237,1,3
1An Act to amend 440.982 (1) (b) of the statutes;
relating to: educational
2requirements for massage therapists and bodyworkers and providing an
3exemption from emergency rule procedures.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the department of regulation and licensing (DORL) is
required to promulgate rules that specify the educational requirements that a person
must satisfy in order to be eligible for a massage therapist or bodyworker license.
The rules must require completion of a course of instruction in massage therapy or
bodywork.
This bill specifies that the rules must require completion of the course of
instruction at a school approved by DORL or the educational approval board.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB237, s. 1
4Section
1. 440.982 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB237,2,65
440.982
(1) (b) Promulgate rules establishing the education, training or
6competency requirements that an applicant for a license must satisfy in order to be
1issued a license of registration under this subchapter. The rules shall require an
2applicant to complete at least 500 classroom hours of study in a course of instruction
3at a school of massage therapy or bodywork approved
by the department or at a
4school approved by the educational approval board under s. 39.51
and the. The rules
5may require an applicant to pass an examination, administered or approved by the
6department, to determine fitness to practice massage therapy or bodywork.
AB237,2,148
(1) Using the procedure under section 227.24 of the statutes, the department
9of regulation and licensing may promulgate rules under section 440.982 (1) (b) of the
10statutes for the period before the effective date of permanent rules promulgated
11under that section, but not to exceed the period authorized under section 227.24 (1)
12(c) and (2) of the statutes. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) and (3) of the statutes,
13the department need not provide evidence of the necessity of preservation of the
14public peace, health, safety or welfare in promulgating rules under this subsection.
