Initial Arizona Massage License
NEW LICENSING REQUIREMENT BY ARIZONA LEGISLATURE
All Arizona therapists are now required to have a current DPS Level-One fingerprint clearance card for legal practice.
License initial applications cannot be processed without DPS-issued card.
FOR REQUIRED NATIONAL AND STATE CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS, YOU PROVIDE TWO INKED FEDERAL FINGERPRINT CARDS; ONE TO AZ DPS, ONE TO BOARD
Contact: AZ Department of Public Safety
https://psp.azdps.gov/fingerprintClearance/formTriage
(Sample copy of DPS Level-One card)
Select "Apply for a new card"
Select "Non-IVP"
Contact: psp.azdps.gov
At DPS website, complete their application form, providing them a second inked-original FD-258 fingerprint card. Fee payment is directly to DPS.
(EXISTING LEVEL-ONE HOLDERS, NEED ONLY REGISTER ACTIVE MASSAGE LICENSE WITH DPS)
When DPS issues, or updates, your existing Level-One clearance card, scan and email a copy to the Board.
Do not send your original clearance card to the Board.
- Initial Arizona Massage License -
Plan Ahead -- Remember -- First-Time License Processing takes 3 months
Massage Student? New-No Waiting.
For expedited licensing, submit your initial application, fee payment and inked-Federal print card to State Board
& apply for State license up to 120 days before graduation. (Mblex testing mandatory for any Arizona program not COMTA nationally-accredited).
-The State of Arizona requires a completed initial license application form, submitted online at Board website. Applicant provides a current a color photograph, (passport-style), the authorization number issued after online credit card fee-payment, and a hard-copy and inked FD-258 Federal fingerprint card.
-The State Board is now required to obtain a scanned copy of an Arizona Department of Public Safety Level-One (Non-IVP) clearance card before license application processing.
-Student transcripts can only be accepted directly from the school program.
-National Mblex test results come directly from FSMTB.
-All out-of-state licenses, prior and current, require that state's written license verification.
NOTE: Applicants for an Arizona massage license, from California's voluntary program, do not qualify selecting "Reciprocity" on their application.
(Sample copy of Federal FD-258 form- yellow shows required fields)
- Initial license applicants MUST submit 2 FD-258 Federal hard-copy print cards, after fingerprinting;
One for State Board, the other for Arizona DPS -
NOTE: Initial Arizona massage license applications require the Board online application form, fee payment & attached required materials.
Current FBI background check averages 12 weeks.
By law, the Arizona Massage Board must wait for Federal national background clearance & DPS Level-One card copy before licensing.
To avoid returns, all inked FD-258 Federal fingerprint cards, must have completed fields, including applicant's valid Social Security number, and legal signature for Federal processing.
Plan Ahead -- Remember -- First-Time License Processing takes 3 months
Massage Student? New-No Waiting.
For expedited licensing, submit your initial application, fee payment and inked Federal print card to State Board
& apply for State license up to 120 days before graduation. (Mblex testing mandatory for any Arizona program not COMTA nationally-accredited).
(1) The State of Arizona requires a completed initial license application form, submitted online at Board website. Applicant provides a current a color photograph, (passport-style), the authorization number issued after online credit card fee-payment, and a hard-copy and inked FD-258 Federal fingerprint card.
(2) The State Board is now required to obtain a scanned copy of an Arizona Department of Public Safety Level-One (Non-IVP) clearance card before license application processing.
(3) School transcripts can only be accepted directly from the school program.
National Mblex test results come directly from FSMTB.
All out-of-state licenses, prior and current, require that state's written verification.
NOTE: Applicants for an Arizona massage license, from California's voluntary program, do not qualify selecting "Reciprocity" for their application.
(Sample copy of Federal FD-258 form- yellow shows required fields)
Initial license applicants MUST submit 2 FD-258 Federal hard-copy print cards, after fingerprinting; One for State Board, the other for Arizona DPS - NOTE: Initial Arizona massage license applications require the Board online application form, fee payment & attached required materials.