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MASSAGE PARLORS: According to state law (12-48.5-101 through 118 C.R.S.), massage parlors MUST be licensed to operate legally in Colorado. Licensing authority is through the local government - cities and counties - were massage parlors operate. If the local government does not issue a license then a massage parlor may NOT operate in that area.

MASSAGE THERAPIST: State law specifically exempts massage therapists from licensure as Massage Parlors. A massage therapist is defined as a person who has graduated from an accredited or approved massage therapy school with a minimum of five hundred (500) hours of massage therapy training.
If you are applying for registration as a massage therapist on or after January 1, 2010 you must comply with the new requirements:

Link: http://www.dora.state.co.us/massage-therapists/MTapplication.pdf
While the state exempts massage therapists from licensure, many cities still license massage therapists as well as massage parlors. Anyone performing massage as a therapist or a massage parlor should always contact the local licensing authorities in each area where they will work. For example, if a massage therapist operates a mobile business and goes to his/her clients' locations to perform massage, the therapist should contact every city, town and county where s/he has clients.

State
Colorado Division of Registrations
1560 Broadway Suite 1600
Denver, CO 80202
(303)866-2723
Fax:(303)866-4237

If you hold an active massage therapist registration(s) or license(s) in another state or U.S. territory, your registration method is Endorsement. For more information visit:

Link: http://www.dora.state.co.us/registrations/index.htm
Link: http://www.dora.state.co.us/massage-therapists/index.htm
NOTE:  Massage of scalp is the practice of cosmetology. See BARBERS & COSMETOLOGISTS
NOTE:  Massage therapists cannot advertise as "physical therapists" or medical professionals that are licensed occupations by the state of Colorado.

page last updated 3/23/10

The Colorado Revised Statutes are available on line at http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/olls/colorado_revised_statutes.htm. You can locate a statute of interest by searching either on the citation given in the database (e.g., 18-5-307) or on a keyword or phrase.

 

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