{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-309.358","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 309.358","heading":"Qualifications for license -- Photo of licensee to be incorporated into","body":"license.\n(1) The board may issue a license as a massage therapist to an applicant who:\n(a) Is eighteen (18) years of age or older;\n(b) Has paid the application fee and other fees required by the board;\n(c) Is a person of good moral character;\n(d) Has submitted a recent criminal background check performed by means of a\nfingerprint check pursuant to KRS 309.355(7);\n(e) Has submitted a recent color photograph as prescribed by  administrative\nregulation promulgated by the board;\n(f) Has successfully completed:\n1. A course of study consisting of a minimum of six hundred (600) hours\nof supervised instruction in a massage therapy training program\napproved by the board; or\n2. An associate degree having a massage therapy emphasis which meets the\nrequirements of a massage therapy training program with supervised\ntechnique instruction and approved by the board; and\n(g) Has successfully passed an examination administered by the Federatio n of\nState Massage Therapy Boards, the National Certification Board for\nTherapeutic Massage and Bodywork, or a certifying agency that has been\napproved by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies, or other\nexaminations approved by the board.\n(2) The board shall incorporate the photograph provided in subsection (1)(e) of this\nsection into the license. The photograph shall not be merely affixed to the license.","path":["KRS Chapter 309"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=50946","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:58:02Z","sha256":"fa6faab6dcfc0ad929e77b0fc61ab358a752018fd02962df25f84898e303e3a9","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-309.357","next":"us-ky/krs-309.359"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}