{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-455.053","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 455.053","heading":"RULES REGARDING MASSAGE SCHOOLS.","body":"Rules adopted under this chapter relating to a massage school must contain minimum standards for:\n(1) the issuance, denial, renewal, suspension, revocation, or probation of a license under this chapter;\n(2) the qualifications of professional personnel;\n(3) the supervision of professional personnel;\n(4) the equipment essential to the education, health, and safety of students, massage school personnel, and the public;\n(5) the sanitary and hygienic conditions of a massage school;\n(6) the provision of massage therapy or other massage services by a massage school or student;\n(7) the maximum number of hours a student may accumulate in a massage school's internship program before the student is required to be licensed under this chapter;\n(8) the educational and clinical records kept by a massage school;\n(9) the organizational structure of a massage school, including the lines of authority and the delegation of responsibility;\n(10) fire prevention and safety in a massage school;\n(11) the massage school's curriculum and educational material;\n(12) massage school inspections; and\n(13) any other aspect of the operation of a massage school that the commission considers necessary to protect students, massage school personnel, or the public.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1300 (H.B. 2696), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2005.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 1.241, eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE H. PROFESSIONS RELATED TO CERTAIN TYPES OF THERAPY","CHAPTER 455. MASSAGE THERAPY","SUBCHAPTER B. POWERS AND DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.455.htm#455.053","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"58a98028ab4eeff9a0af4f611df038028fc2000c2822ef6d288f6c3ab5f8cc78","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-455.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-455.054"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}