The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Chapter 480
MASSAGE THERAPY PRACTICE

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F.S. 480.047

480.047 Penalties.—

(1) It is unlawful for any person to:

(a) Hold himself or herself out as a massage therapist or to practice massage therapy unless duly licensed under this chapter or unless otherwise specifically exempted from licensure under this chapter.

(b) Operate any massage establishment unless it has been duly licensed as provided herein, except that nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the teaching of massage therapy in this state at a board-approved massage therapy school.

(d) Present as his or her own the license of another.

(e) Allow the use of his or her license by an unlicensed person.

(f) Give false or forged evidence to the department in obtaining any license provided for herein.

(g) Falsely impersonate any other licenseholder of like or different name.

(h) Use or attempt to use a license that has been revoked.

(i) Otherwise violate any of the provisions of this act.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History.—s. 16, ch. 78-436; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 10, 12, 13, ch. 85-280; s. 58, ch. 89-374; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 414, ch. 97-103; s. 158, ch. 97-264; s. 3, ch. 2013-212; s. 14, ch. 2021-143.

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Amendments to 480.047

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 480.047

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S480.047 1a - FRAUD-IMPERSON - MISREPRESENT SELF AS LICENSED MASSEUR - M: F

S480.047 1b - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - OPERATE MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENT WITHOUT LICENSE - M: F

S480.047 1c - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - PERMIT UNLICENSED PERSON TO PRACTICE MASSAGE - M: F

S480.047 1d - FRAUD-IMPERSON - PRESENT ANOTHERS MASSEURS LICENSE - M: F

S480.047 1e - FRAUD - LEND MASSEUR LICENSE TO ANOTHER - M: F

S480.047 1f - PASS FORGED - EVIDENCE TO OBTAIN MASSEUR LICENSE - M: F

S480.047 1f - FRAUD-FALSE STATEMENT - EVIDENCE TO OBTAIN MASSEUR LICENSE - M: F

S480.047 1g - FRAUD-IMPERSON - AS LICENSED MASSEUR - M: F

S480.047 1h - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - USE ATTEMPT TO USE REVOKED MASSAGE LICENSE - M: F

S480.047 1i - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - VIOLATE MASSAGE PRACTICE ACT - M: F

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

STATE v. NGUYEN,, 980 So. 2d 1189 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)

. . . misdemeanor of holding oneself out as a massage therapist without a license, in violation of section 480.047 . . . Under Chapter 480 of the Florida Statutes, which specifically governs massage practices, section 480.047 . . . (l)(a) & (2) provides: 480.047. . . . guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. § 480.047 . . . State to charge an individual under that statute “in addition” to charging the individual under section 480.047 . . .

MOVIE VIDEO WORLD, INC. a v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA,, 723 F. Supp. 695 (S.D. Fla. 1989)

. . . under § 60.05, Florida Statutes (Nuisance Abatement); or, b. a conviction under § 480.043, § 480.046, § 480.047 . . .

STATE v. L. WAGNER M., 403 So. 2d 1349 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

. . . an information charging the respondents with “massaging without a license” in violation of section 480.047 . . . Based on these facts, the respondents were charged with a violation of section 480.047, Florida Statutes . . . statute, however, merely prohibits one from “holding himself out as a masseur unless duly licensed.” § 480.047 . . . Stat.(1975), was the act of massaging, but that the new statute, section 480.047, Fla. . . .