{"data":{"id":"us-id/idaho-code-54-4009","jurisdiction":"us-id","citation":"Idaho Code § 54-4009","heading":"REQUIREMENTS FOR ISSUANCE OF LICENSE.","body":"Upon application to the board and the payment of the required fees, an applicant may be licensed as a massage therapist if the applicant meets all the requirements of this chapter and provides documentation acceptable to the board that the applicant:\n(1) Has obtained a high school diploma or equivalent, including graduation from a nonpublic school;\n(2) Is eighteen (18) years of age or older;\n(3) Has not been convicted, found guilty, or received a withheld judgment or a suspended sentence in this state or in any other state of a crime that is deemed relevant in accordance with section 67-9411(1), Idaho Code;\n(4) Has successfully completed a massage program registered pursuant to chapter 24, title 33, Idaho Code, or a comparable authority in another state that consists of the minimum of five hundred (500) in-class supervised hours of coursework and clinic work; and\n(5) Has successfully passed a nationally recognized competency examination in massage therapy that is approved by the board. The passage of this exam may have occurred prior to the effective date of this chapter.","path":["TITLE 54 PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES","CHAPTER 40 MASSAGE THERAPISTS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title54/t54ch40/sect54-4009/","current_through":"2026 Legislative Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T11:23:02Z","sha256":"5f0cf1ebc9fb274a36447b8a71f6419911b8735a6d2a0d6a6a0b816682dd18c8","source_id":"us-id","stale":false,"prev":"us-id/idaho-code-54-4008","next":"us-id/idaho-code-54-4010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}