Health occupations: massage therapists; continuing education requirements for massage therapists; modify. Amends secs. 16148 & 17965 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16148 & 333.17965). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5947'26

This bill modifies Michigan's Public Health Code to require massage therapists to complete specific continuing education on identifying victims of human trafficking as a condition for renewing their licenses. It mandates that the state board establish rules for these training standards, which must be included in the required 18 hours of continuing education every three years. The legislation also clarifies the board's authority over training program accreditation and voting procedures for health profession subfields. Additionally, it includes a provision that prevents certain long-serving nursing faculty members from needing a baccalaureate degree in nursing science to meet faculty requirements. The bill is tied to a companion measure and will not take effect unless both are enacted into law.