(a) Applications for licensure or renewal shall be on forms provided by the board and shall be accompanied by the proper fee. A two-by-two photograph, taken no more than six months earlier, showing a frontal view of the head and shoulders of the applicant, shall be submitted with the application. All documents shall be submitted in English.
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(b) Each applicant for licensure shall be subject to a criminal history check. Refusal to consent to a criminal history check constitutes grounds for the board to deny the applicant’s application for licensure.
(c) The board shall issue a license to each person who qualifies to be a massage therapist and to each qualified massage therapy establishment. To be qualified for a license as a massage therapist the applicant shall successfully pass the examination, pay the examination fee, pass the criminal history check pursuant to rules adopted by the board, pay the criminal history check fee, and pay the license fee. A license grants all professional rights, honors, and privileges relating to the practice of massage therapy.
(d) Each licensed therapist shall display his or her license in the manner specified by the board. Each establishment shall post its license in plain sight and the license of each massage therapist who practices in the establishment.
(e) A license is the property of the board and shall be surrendered upon demand of the board.
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