BILL · 2007–08 SESSION

SB 5536: Regulation of massage

Limiting the regulation of the practice of massage by political subdivisions.

Summary

Finds that licensed massage practitioners should be treated the same as other health professionals under Title 18 RCW and that additional registrations or licenses regulating massage or massage practitioners are not authorized. Repeals RCW 18.108.100.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to limiting the regulation of the practice of massage by political subdivisions;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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