Alaska Statutes.
Title 8. Business and Professions
Chapter 61. Massage Therapists
Section 070. Practice of Massage Therapy Without License Prohibited.
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AS 08.61.070. Practice of Massage Therapy Without License Prohibited.

(a) A person may not practice massage therapy or represent that the person is a massage therapist unless the person holds a valid license under this chapter. In this subsection, a person represents that the person is a massage therapist when the person adopts or uses a title or description of services that incorporates one or more of the following terms or designations: massage, massage practitioner, massage therapist, massage therapy, therapeutic massage, massage technician, massage technology, massagist, masseur, masseuse, myotherapist, myotherapy, or another term describing a traditional European or contemporary western massage method, or a derivation of a term that implies a massage technique or method.

(b) A person who knowingly violates (a) of this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

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