Relating to: licensure and regulation of establishments providing massage therapy or bodywork therapy, the practice of massage therapy or bodywork therapy, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

SB 1003 updates licensing and regulation for massage therapy and bodywork therapy businesses. It creates new definitions for "mobile massage service" (using vehicles/mobile units) and "out-call service" (traveling to client locations), while clarifying that "sole practitioner" businesses have no employees or other providers. The bill also establishes reduced licensing fees for certain establishments under common ownership or operated by sole practitioners, and clarifies that fingerprinting is generally not required for licensure except in specific cases. This directly affects massage therapy businesses, practitioners, and their establishments by changing how they are licensed and regulated.