{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"4618","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 4618","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS [500. - 4999.202.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 10.5. Massage Therapy Act [4600. - 4621.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2/chapter-10.5"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 406, Sec. 2.   (AB 1147)   Effective January 1, 2015.   Repealed as of January 1, 2030, pursuant to Section 4621.","effective":"2015-01-01","html":"<p>The Legislature finds and declares that due to important health, safety, and welfare concerns that affect the entire state, establishing a uniform standard of certification for massage practitioners and massage therapists upon which consumers may rely to identify individuals who have achieved specified levels of education, training, and skill is a matter of statewide concern and not a municipal affair, as that term is used in Section <a href=\"/bpc/5\">5</a> of Article XI of the California Constitution. Therefore, this chapter shall apply to all cities, counties, and cities and counties, including charter cities and charter counties.</p>","text":"The Legislature finds and declares that due to important health, safety, and welfare concerns that affect the entire state, establishing a uniform standard of certification for massage practitioners and massage therapists upon which consumers may rely to identify individuals who have achieved specified levels of education, training, and skill is a matter of statewide concern and not a municipal affair, as that term is used in Section 5 of Article XI of the California Constitution. Therefore, this chapter shall apply to all cities, counties, and cities and counties, including charter cities and charter counties.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/massage-therapy-act-4618","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}