{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-4618","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 4618","heading":"","body":"The Legislature finds and declares that due to important health, safety, and welfare concerns that affect the entire state, establishing a uniform standard of certification for massage practitioners and massage therapists upon which consumers may rely to identify individuals who have achieved specified levels of education, training, and skill is a matter of statewide concern and not a municipal affair, as that term is used in Section 5 of Article XI of the California Constitution. Therefore, this chapter shall apply to all cities, counties, and cities and counties, including charter cities and charter counties.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS [500. - 4999.202.]","CHAPTER 10.5. Massage Therapy Act [4600. - 4621.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"214ff3177e94bf780bf437d587a3e4ff2fc8cf010150727846bf85382a1352fb","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-4617","next":"us-ca/bpc-4619"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}