State Board Office Hours  

              Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. MST

 

  Questions for State Board Licensing staff? 

Email: [email protected]

 

 Staff responds by email.

 

 

 

 

Board email address is: [email protected]

 Board website address is:  https://massagetherapy.az.gov/

   License fee payment is by credit card. The State does not accept cash or personal checks.    

 

 

NEW STATE LICENSE

NOTE:   Initial Arizona massage license applications require

12 weeks for processing, with FBI background check

State Board licensing must wait for Federal criminal clearance check, currently taking 12-13 weeks,

When submitting inked FD-258 Federal fingerprint card, complete all boxes for faster processing

 

 A SUBMITTED INITIAL LICENSE FORM  & PAID FEE REQUIRED BEFORE BOARD ACCEPTS APPLICANT MATERIALS

 

 

State License Renewal?

 

State law permits License Renewal  within 60 days of expiration. 

 

Current licenses cannot be renewed earlier

 to avoid Arizona Legislature's new fingerprint law

 

Arizona requires completion of 24 Continuing Education hours before submitting a license renewal application, with certificate copies.

Nationally-certified CE coursework is completed during therapist's current licensing period.

Beginning January 1, 2023, per state law,12 CE hours may be taken online;

the other 12 required hours must be taken in-person. 

NEED CE HOURS?  

Next Board Meeting Monday, December 19, 2022, 

9:00 a.m. MST

LMT's attending any State Board meeting (virtually), can receive 3 free CE hours that will be entered into your licensing record.

This CE credit is for license renewal only.

(The Board is not an NCBTMB-certified CE provider). 

State Board meeting attendance credits can be taken once each licensing period. Remember: Certified CPR training receives 4 hours.

 

 

- NEW LAW AFFECTING ARIZONA THERAPISTS -

 

    ARIZONA LEGISLATURE APPROVES NEW

 FINGERPRINTING LAW FOR LICENSED MASSAGE THERAPISTS  

Governor signed HB 2438 on 6/7/22 

Now: Arizona Chapter Law 281

Not needed for license submittals this year.

 

(Disregard section on application forms).

New law not enacted until 1.1.2023

 

    NOTE: Arizona DPS is still waiting for Federal authorization to include LMT’s on their fingerprint form.

    NEW DPS FORM IS STILL ON HOLD

 

  JANUARY 1, 2023, ARIZONA THERAPISTS ARE REQUIRED TO POSSESS A LEVEL-ONE CLEARANCE CARD AND THEIR MASSAGE LICENSE.

 

THIS NEW ID WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ALL ARIZONA INITIAL LICENSE & LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATIONS.

 

IN ARIZONA, NEXT YEAR, THESE INITIAL CLEARANCE CARDS, WILL BE ISSUED BY THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

 (Non-IVP is the Level-One fingerprint card newly-required for all Arizona massage therapists. (IVP stands for Identity-Verified-Prints).

 

REQUIRED:

Non-IVP Level-One Fingerprint cards from DPS:  

                                                                                                                                    ON HOLD  https://www.azdps.gov/services/public/fingerprint  (link is external)

 

REMINDER:

 AT ALL TIMES, SUBMISSION OF INKED FD-258 FEDERAL FINGERPRINT CARD REQUIRED FOR INITIAL APPLICATIONS, 

AND LICENSE APPLICATION REVIEWS

 

More Arizona fingerprinting information at: Live Scan 

CONTACT 602-246-3444 or online at www.ArizonaLivescan.com