N.Y. EDN Law § 7802
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Practice of massage therapy and use of title "masseur", "masseuse" or "massage therapist" or the term "massage" or "massage therapy"
Official statutory text
§ 7802. Practice of massage therapy and use of title "masseur",\n"masseuse" or "massage therapist" or the term "massage" or "massage\ntherapy". Only a person licensed or authorized pursuant to this chapter\nshall practice massage therapy and only a person licensed under this\narticle shall use the title "masseur", "masseuse" or "massage\ntherapist". No person, firm, partnership or corporation claiming to be\nengaged in the practice of massage or massage therapy shall in any\nmanner describe, advertise, or place any advertisement for services as\ndefined in section seventy-eight hundred one of this article unless such\nservices are performed by a person licensed or authorized pursuant to\nthis chapter.\n
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