{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-08.61.070","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 08.61.070","heading":"Practice of massage therapy without license prohibited.","body":"(a) A person may not practice massage therapy or represent that the person is a massage therapist unless the person holds a valid license under this chapter. In this subsection, a person represents that the person is a massage therapist when the person adopts or uses a title or description of services that incorporates one or more of the following terms or designations: massage, massage practitioner, massage therapist, massage therapy, therapeutic massage, massage technician, massage technology, massagist, masseur, masseuse, myotherapist, myotherapy, or another term describing a traditional European or contemporary western massage method, or a derivation of a term that implies a massage technique or method.\n(b) A person who knowingly violates (a) of this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.","path":["Title 8. Business and Professions.","Chapter 61. Massage Therapists."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#08.61.070","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:30Z","sha256":"25d27fce4b81c704d1bccd91b9b7c382b470d4578cc204292a350c36627b4d5b","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-08.61.060","next":"us-ak/as-08.61.080"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}