Public Act 101-0421
 
SB1841 EnrolledLRB101 02852 JRG 47860 b


  
    AN ACT concerning regulation.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Massage Licensing Act is amended  by changing 
Section 25 as follows:
 



    (225 ILCS 57/25)


    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)

    Sec. 25. Exemptions. 

    (a) This Act does not prohibit a person licensed
under any 
other Act
in this State
from
engaging in the practice for which 
he or she is licensed.

    (b)  Persons exempted under this Section include, but are 
not limited to,
physicians,
podiatric physicians, naprapaths, 
and physical therapists.

    (c) Nothing in this Act prohibits qualified members of 
other
professional groups,
including but not limited to nurses, 
occupational therapists,
cosmetologists, and
estheticians, 
from performing massage in a manner consistent with their

training and the
code of ethics of their respective 
professions.

    (d) Nothing in this Act prohibits a student of an approved 
massage
school or
program from performing massage, provided 
that the student does not hold
himself or herself out
as a 
licensed massage therapist and does not receive compensation, 
including tips, for massage therapy
services.

    (e) Nothing in this Act prohibits practitioners that do not 
involve
intentional soft tissue manipulation, including but 
not limited to Alexander
Technique, Feldenkrais, Reike, and 
Therapeutic Touch, from practicing.

    (f) Practitioners of certain service marked bodywork 
approaches that do
involve intentional soft tissue 
manipulation, including but not limited to
Rolfing, Trager 
Approach, Polarity Therapy, and Orthobionomy, are exempt from

this Act if they are approved by their governing body based on 
a minimum level
of training, demonstration of competency, and 
adherence to ethical standards.

    (g) Until January 1, 2020, practitioners Practitioners of 
Asian bodywork approaches are exempt from this Act if
they are 
members of the American Organization of Bodywork Therapies of 
Asia as
certified practitioners or if they are approved by an 
Asian bodywork
organization based on a minimum level of 
training, demonstration of competency,
and adherence to 
ethical standards set by their governing body.

    (h) Practitioners of other forms of bodywork who restrict 
manipulation of
soft tissue to the feet, hands, and ears, and 
who do not have the client
disrobe, such as reflexology, are 
exempt from this Act.

    (i) Nothing in this Act applies to massage therapists from 
other states or
countries when providing educational programs 
or services for a period not
exceeding 30 days within a 
calendar year.

    (j) Nothing in this Act prohibits a person from treating 
ailments by
spiritual means through prayer alone in accordance 
with the tenets and
practices of a recognized church or 
religious denomination.

    (k) Nothing in this Act applies to the practice of massage 
therapy by a person either actively licensed as a massage 
therapist in another state or currently certified by the 
National Certification Board of Therapeutic Massage and 
Bodywork or other national certifying body if said person's 
state does not license massage therapists, if he or she is 
performing his or her duties for a non-Illinois based team or 
organization, or for a national athletic event held in this 
State, so long as he or she restricts his or her practice to 
his or her team or organization or to event participants during 
the course of his or her team's or organization's stay in this 
State or for the duration of the event. 
(Source: P.A. 97-514, eff. 8-23-11; 98-214, eff. 8-9-13.)

 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.