Texas Occupations Code

§ 455.002 — MASSAGE THERAPY AS HEALTH CARE SERVICE

OC § 455.002Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part H. PROFESSIONS RELATED TO CERTAIN TYPES OF THERAPY · Ch. 455. MASSAGE THERAPY · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a)Massage therapy constitutes a health care service if the massage therapy is for therapeutic purposes. Massage therapy does not constitute the practice of chiropractic.

(b)In this chapter, therapy or therapeutic procedures do not include:

(1)the diagnosis or treatment of illness or disease; or

(2)a service or procedure for which a license to practice medicine, chiropractic, physical therapy, or podiatry is required by law.

Legislative history

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.