{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-18.108.030","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 18.108.030","heading":"Licensure or certification required.","body":"(1)(a) No person may practice or represent himself or herself as a massage therapist without first applying for and receiving from the department a license to practice. However, this subsection does not prohibit a certified reflexologist from practicing reflexology.\n(b) A person represents himself or herself as a massage therapist when the person adopts or uses any title or any description of services that incorporates one or more of the following terms or designations: Massage, massage practitioner, massage therapist, massage therapy, therapeutic massage, massage technician, massage technology, massagist, masseur, masseuse, myotherapist or myotherapy, touch therapist, reflexologist except when used by a certified reflexologist, acupressurist, body therapy or body therapist, or any derivation of those terms that implies a massage technique or method.\n(2)(a) No person may practice reflexology or represent himself or herself as a reflexologist by use of any title without first being certified as a reflexologist or licensed as a massage therapist by the department.\n(b) A person represents himself or herself as a reflexologist when the person adopts or uses any title in any description of services that incorporates one or more of the following terms or designations: Reflexologist, reflexology, foot pressure therapy, foot reflex therapy, or any derivation of those terms that implies a reflexology technique or method. However, this subsection does not prohibit a licensed massage therapist from using any of these terms as a description of services.\n(c) A person may not use the term \"certified reflexologist\" without first being certified by the department.","path":["Title 18","Chapter 18.108"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=18.108.030","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T01:20:19Z","sha256":"c430165c67a706a8ed4d488dfde68362e89031a9032a5f00eecfa3c2a8af3972","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-18.108.028","next":"us-wa/rcw-18.108.035"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}