1st Sub. H.B. 207
         MASSAGE THERAPY PRACTICE ACT AMENDMENTS

Senate Floor Amendments

Amendment 2 March 12, 2014 5:51 PM



Senator Margaret Dayton proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Line 22 through Page 2, Line 26 :    

             22      Other Special Clauses:
             23          
{   None   }        This bill coordinates with H.B. 324, Ortho-Bionomy Exemption Amendments, by providing substantive and technical amendments.      

             24      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             25      AMENDS:
             26          58-47b-304, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 220
  Utah Code Sections Affected by Coordination Clause:

     58-47b-304, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 220  


2.    Page 3, Line 73
    House Committee Amendments
    2-19-2014 :
    

             73          (b) prevent [any] an insurance carrier from offering coverage for massage therapy.
  Section 2. Coordinating H.B. 207 with H.B. 324 -- Substantive and technical amendments.


    If this H.B. 207 and H.B. 324, Ortho-Bionomy Exemption Amendments, both pass and become law, the Legislature intends that:
(1) this coordinating clause supersedes the coordinating clause contained in H.B. 324; and
(2) the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel, in preparing the Utah Code database for publication, modify Subsection 58-47b-304(1)(m) to read:
    "(m) an individual:
    (i) certified by or through, and in good standing with, an industry organization that is recognized by the division, and that represents a profession with established standards and ethics:
    (ii) (A) who limits the manipulation of the soft tissues of the body to the hands, feet, and outer ears only, including the practice of reflexology and foot zone therapy; or
    (B) who is certified to practice ortho-bionomy and whose practice is limited to the scope of practice of ortho-bionomy;
    (iii) whose clients remain fully clothed from the shoulders to the knees; and
    (iv) whose clients do not receive gratuitous massage from the individual."  


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