309.358 Qualifications for license. The board may issue a license as a massage therapist to an applicant who: (1) Is eighteen (18) years of age or older; (2) Has paid the application fee and other fees required by the board; (3) Is a person of good moral character; (4) Has successfully completed a course of study consisting of a minimum of six hundred (600) hours of supervised instruction in a massage therapy training program approved by the board; and (5) Has successfully passed an examination administered by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork or a certifying agency that has been approved by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies, or other examinations approved by the board. Effective: July 15, 2010 History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 112, sec. 6, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 29, sec. 6, effective July 12, 2006. -- Created 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 45, sec. 9, effective June 24, 2003; and ch. 70, sec. 9, effective June 24, 2003. Legislative Research Commission Note (6/24/2003). 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 45, sec. 9, and 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 70, sec. 9, are substantially identical and have been codified together.