How North America regulates massage therapy

Not every jurisdiction licenses the same way. Some use boards or agencies, some protect a title, and some lean on local rules or associations. The atlas maps those models while source-backed fields carry review status.

Use this page to see how your state or province regulates massage therapy and to compare requirements side by side.

Plate I · regulation & practice requirements · North America

MD-ATLAS-NA-001 · REV 1 (DRAFT)

DisplayRegulation modelSource statusSelected record railAccessCA / FL / NY / TX openOther tiles are reference only

Canada · provinces & territories · 13 jurisdictions

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United States · 50 states + District of Columbia

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U.S. territories

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Selected recordsCompared below

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Legend · regulation model

Association-led
Business-license focus
Licensed
Local-rule model
Registered
Research pending
Title protected
Source conflict on a field

Model mapping · editorial review

Looking for your own state or province? Every tracked jurisdiction — including the ones not yet reviewed — is listed in the region explorer. Renewal-cycle and CE detail lives on the CE hub.

Plate II · comparison rail · selected jurisdictions

Field comparison for the currently open jurisdiction records.
Dimension	TexasUS · TX	New YorkUS · NY	CaliforniaUS · CA	FloridaUS · FL
Regulation model	Licensed (state agency)draft	Licensed (education department)draft	Certification + local-rule caveatdraft	Licensed (health board)draft
Education	at least 500 hoursdraft	a massage-therapy program requirement with not less than 1000 hours in specified subjectsdraft	a later certification-specific reviewresearch pending	a board-approved massage-school course of 500 or more clock hours for the LMT path represented heredraft
Exam	MBLEx + Texas jurisprudence examdraft	the New York State Massage Therapy Examination; MBLEx acceptance is not asserted by this rowdraft	CAMTC exam posture is research pending for this atlas recordresearch pending	MBLEx among examinations approved by the Board for the path represented heredraft
Renewal & CE	two-year license perioddraft · CE draft	Registration and continuing-education timing are represented on the CE row; renewal process details are research pendingresearch pending · CE draft	CAMTC certification material describes a two-year certification period; local renewal rules are not modeleddraft · CE draft	biennial renewal for licenseesdraft · CE draft
Regulator	Texas Department of Licensing and Regulationdraft	New York State Education Department Office of the Professionsdraft	California Massage Therapy Council for CAMTC certification recordsdraft	Florida Board of Massage Therapydraft

Cross-border comparisons should show model differences first. Hours, exams, renewals, and fees are dated source fields, not eligibility advice.