49 Pa. Code § 7.150 - Practice of massage therapy in cosmetology or esthetician salons
(a) A massage therapist licensed under the
Massage Therapy Law (63 P.S. §§
627.1-627.50) is permitted to
practice massage therapy within the approved premises of a licensed cosmetology
salon or a licensed esthetician salon if all of the following conditions are
met:
(1) The massage therapy licensee is the
owner of or employed by the salon and is not an independent
contractor.
(2) The massage
therapist practices in accordance with this section, Chapter 20 (relating to
State Board of Massage Therapy), the act and the Massage Therapy Law. The
following apply:
(i) The salon owner may only
employ a massage therapist who is currently licensed by the State Board of
Massage Therapy. The salon owner is responsible to ensure each massage
therapist employed by the salon complies with this section, Chapter 20, the act
and the Massage Therapy Law.
(3) The salon owner provides an appropriate
level of privacy for clients in accordance with all of the following:
(i)
Massage therapy services within
the scope of practice of the Cosmetology Law. When a massage therapist
is practicing in a separate massage therapy room of the salon or in the areas
of the salon used for cosmetology or esthetics, the massage therapist is
practicing in the licensed square footage of the salon. Physical barriers
separating the areas used for massage therapy services from the areas used for
cosmetology or esthetics are not required when a massage therapist provides
massage therapy services that are within the scope of practice of cosmetology
as defined in §
7.1 (relating to definitions) as
follows:
(A) Massage therapy services of the
scalp, face, arms or hands, or the upper part of the body.
(B) Massage therapy services of the feet or
the lower legs of an individual up to the individual's knee.
(ii)
Massage therapy
services beyond the scope of practice of the Cosmetology Law. When a
massage therapist is practicing in a separate massage therapy room of the
salon, the massage therapist is practicing in the licensed square footage of
the salon. A salon owner shall provide separate massage therapy rooms with
permanent walls and doors to ensure privacy for clients receiving massage
therapy services from a massage therapist when the massage therapy services are
beyond the scope of practice of cosmetology or esthetics as provided in §
7.1. The following apply:
(A) The size of the separate massage therapy
room must be a minimum of 90 square feet.
(B) The massage therapist may store linens or
other supplies in the separate room provided or in the salon in a space
designated by the salon owner.
(C)
Esthetician services may be provided to a client in the same room where the
client receives massage therapy, provided these services are not performed
concurrently.
(b) A massage therapist providing massage
therapy services within the approved premises of a salon is subject to
inspection by the State Board of Massage Therapy and the Board.
(c) A massage therapist providing massage
therapy services within the approved premises of a salon who violates this
section, Chapter 20, the act or the Massage Therapy Law is subject to
discipline by the State Board of Massage Therapy.
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