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This bill establishes the Interstate Massage Compact, a comprehensive agreement designed to streamline and standardize massage therapy licensing across participating states. The compact creates a multistate licensing system that allows licensed massage therapists to more easily practice in multiple states while maintaining high professional standards. Key provisions include establishing eligibility requirements for a multistate license, such as passing a national licensing examination, submitting to a background check, having no recent serious criminal convictions, and maintaining an active single-state license in the home state. The bill creates an Interstate Massage Compact Commission to oversee the implementation and administration of the compact, which will develop and maintain a coordinated database of licensee information, facilitate interstate communication about licensee disciplinary actions, and establish uniform rules for licensure across member states. The compact aims to increase public access to massage therapy services, enhance public safety, support military members and their spouses, prevent licensure fraud, and create a more mobile professional environment for massage therapists. The compact will become effective once seven states have enacted it, and member states can participate voluntarily, with each state retaining the ability to enforce its own massage therapy regulations while benefiting from the standardized interstate licensing system.

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https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H693