N.Y. Education Law § 7805: Exempt persons

§ 7805. Exempt persons. Nothing contained in this article shall be

construed to prohibit:

1. The practice of massage therapy by any person who is authorized to

practice medicine, nursing, osteopathy, physiotherapy, chiropractic, or

podiatry in accordance with the provisions of this title.

2. The practice of that massage which is customarily given in barber

shops or beauty parlors for the purpose of beautification by any

licensed barber or beauty culturist.

3. The practice of massage therapy by any person employed in a medical

institution licensed or chartered by the state of New York, provided

that such person is under the on-site supervision of a person licensed

to practice massage therapy or authorized to practice massage therapy by

subdivision one of this section, or by any person enrolled in a program

of a school or institute of massage therapy registered by the

department, or enrolled in a program which satisfies the requirements of

section seventy-eight hundred four of this article, provided that such

person is under the on-site supervision of a person licensed to practice

massage therapy or authorized to practice massage therapy by subdivision

one of this section.

4. The practice of massage therapy by any person duly employed as a

trainer by a professional athletic association, club or team, or as a

member of the physical education department of an accredited university,

college or high school.

5. The practice of massage therapy by any person employed by a

corporation or association organized exclusively for the moral or mental

improvement of men, women or children.

6. A massage therapist licensed and in good standing in another state

or country from conducting a teaching demonstration of modalities and

techniques that are within the practice of massage therapy in connection

with a program of continuing education that is conducted by approved

sponsors of continuing education by the department. Any massage

therapist conducting a teaching demonstration of modalities and

techniques in New York state pursuant to this subdivision shall be

subject to the personal and subject matter jurisdiction and disciplinary

and regulatory authority of the board of regents as if he or she is a

licensee and as if the exemption pursuant to this subdivision is a

license. Such massage therapist shall comply with the provisions of this

article, the rules of the board of regents, and the regulations of the

commissioner, relating to professional misconduct, disciplinary

proceedings and penalties for professional misconduct.