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AB 1147 Assembly Bill-Bill Analysis Page 19 of35 This bill restructures the current CAMTC which will include more stakeholders involved in the regulation, practice and profession of the massage industry in California. This bill reduces the number of board members from 20 to 13, and requires all appointees to be residents of California. The term of the existing Board will terminate on September 1, 2015 and the new members' term will begin. The revised Board will include a representative of the California Police Chiefs Association; a representative from an antihuman trafficking organization; two members appointed by the director of DCA including a public member and certified massage therapist or practitioner; a representative of the California Association of Private Postsecondary Schools; a representative of the American Massage Therapy Association, California chapter; a representative from a professional society, association, or other entity whose membership is comprised of massage therapists professionals; and, the CAMTC has the authority to appoint three individuals including a licensed attorney representing a city in California, and a representative of a massage business entity. d) Allow for local registration requirements for establishments. The previous version of this bill included a provision which would have authorized the CAMTC to certify massage establishments. Recent amendments removed that provision, which means local jurisdictions will be able to register massage establishments in accordance with each jurisdiction's local ordinance. The CAMTC will continue to certify individuals and massage establishment operators, but will not certify any establishment owners or establishments. Massage establishments owners will need to obtain permits or authorizations as determined by local ordinances. e) Raise professional standards for certified massage therapists. The previous massage therapy law permitted a two-tier certification system, which this bill revises in an effort to raise the professional standards for certified massage therapists, by phasing out the certified massage practitioner certificate for new applicants. In addition, this bill requires that new applicants for certification as a massage therapist will be required to take and pass an examination and obtain 500 hours of education from schools approved by the CAMTC, and specifies that 100 of those hours must be in certain subjects including anatomy, physiology, contraindications, health and hygiene and business and ethics. f) Expand the CAMTC's disciplinary authority. This bill aims to AB 1147 Page 26 increase the unprofessional conduct standards of certificate holders which will expand the CAMTC's ability to suspend, revoke or deny a certificate. The revised standards for unprofessional conduct include engaging in sexually suggestive advertising, engaging in any form of sexual activity on the premise of a massage establishment, failing to disclose all information requested on a certificate, and practicing massage on a suspended certificate or practicing outside of the conditions on a restricted certificate. The enhanced standards for unprofessional conduct are aimed at helping the CAMTC better identify those certificate holders who have violated the professional standards of the Massage Therapy Act. g) Requirements regarding operators of massage establishments. The proposed changes in this bill provide the CAMTC with the authority to establish a massage establishment operator certificate. As with the current massage therapy certification, this would be a voluntary certification. The intent of the http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/13-14/bill/asm/ab_1 101-1150/ab_l 147_c fa_20140620_I I 1115_sen_comm.html 7/3/2014