{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-45-11-61","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 45:11-61","heading":"Current practitioners, eligibility for certification.","body":"9.\tFor 720 days after the date procedures are established by the committee for applying for  certification under section 8 of this act, any person who engaged in the full-time practice, as determined by the committee, of massage, bodywork and somatic therapies for two years preceding the enactment date of this act, or in the part-time practice, as determined by the committee, of massage, bodywork and somatic therapies for five years preceding the enactment date of this act, and has successfully completed a minimum of 200 hours of education or training in massage, bodywork and somatic therapies as determined by the committee, may acquire a certificate of certification without satisfying either the education or examination requirement of section 8 of this act.\nL.1999,c.19,s.9.","path":["TITLE 45 PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"3fe6debd4aaba10c4ba4f8318d82d3ead65d1c8563388a1a6aa05bfcee98e4dc","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-45-11-60","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-45-11-62"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}