COVID-19 Information
Please review the FSMTB Massage and Bodywork Guidelines for Practice with COVID-19 Considerations, which contains recommendations for massage and bodywork practitioners to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
Below are links to state massage boards, state agencies and their COVID-19 pages with valuable information to help keep you informed. FSMTB asks that you check back to this page often as states continue to make updates regarding COVID-19. Please be sure to follow what your local and state authorities are saying about social distancing and staying at home.
Alabama
http://almtbd.alabama.gov/news.aspx
https://governor.alabama.gov/
Alaska
www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/professionallicensing/boardofmassagetherapists.aspx
www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/EconomicRecoveryResourcesforBusiness.aspx
Arizona
https://massagetherapy.az.gov/
https://az.gov/government-0
Arkansas
www.healthy.arkansas.gov/news
https://govstatus.egov.com/ar-covid-19
California
www.camtc.org/
https://covid19.ca.gov/
Colorado
https://dpo.colorado.gov/MassageTherapy
https://covid19.colorado.gov/
Connecticut
https://portal.ct.gov/DPH/Practitioner-Licensing--Investigations/Massagetherapist/Massage-Therapist-Licensure
https://portal.ct.gov/Coronavirus
Delaware
https://dpr.delaware.gov/boards/massagebodyworks/
https://news.delaware.gov/tag/coronavirus/
District of Columbia
https://dchealth.dc.gov/service/massage-therapy-licensing
https://coronavirus.dc.gov/
Florida
https://floridasmassagetherapy.gov/
https://floridasmassagetherapy.gov/latest-news/new-coronavirus-covid-19/
https://floridahealthcovid19.gov/news/
https://floridahealthcovid19.gov/
Georgia
https://sos.ga.gov/index.php/licensing/plb/33
https://dph.georgia.gov/novelcoronavirus
Hawaii
http://cca.hawaii.gov/pvl/boards/massage/
https://hawaiicovid19.com/
Idaho
https://coronavirus.idaho.gov/
Illinois
https://www.idfpr.com/COVID-19.asp
www2.illinois.gov/sites/coronavirus/Pages/default.aspx
Indiana
www.in.gov/pla/massage.htm
www.in.gov/coronavirus/
Kansas
https://govstatus.egov.com/coronavirus
Kentucky
https://govstatus.egov.com/kycovid19
Louisiana
www.labmt.org/site.php
http://ldh.la.gov/Coronavirus/
Maine
www.maine.gov/pfr/professionallicensing/professions/massage/index.html
https://www.maine.gov/governor/mills/covid-19
Maryland
https://health.maryland.gov/massage/Pages/home.aspx
https://governor.maryland.gov/coronavirus/
Massachusetts
www.mass.gov/orgs/board-of-registration-of-massage-therapy
www.mass.gov/resource/information-on-the-outbreak-of-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19
Michigan
www.michigan.gov/Coronavirus
Minnesota
www.health.state.mn.us/
Mississippi
https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/14,0,420.html
Missouri
https://pr.mo.gov/massage.asp
https://health.mo.gov/living/healthcondiseases/communicable/novel-coronavirus/
Montana
http://boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov/lmt
https://covid19.mt.gov/
Nebraska
http://dhhs.ne.gov/licensure/Pages/Massage-Therapy.aspx
http://dhhs.ne.gov/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx
Nevada
http://massagetherapy.nv.gov/
https://nvhealthresponse.nv.gov/
New Hampshire
www.oplc.nh.gov/massage-therapy/
www.nh.gov/covid19/
New Jersey
www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/
New Mexico
www.rld.state.nm.us/boards/Massage_Therapy.aspx
www.newmexico.gov/
New York
www.op.nysed.gov/prof/mt/
www.op.nysed.gov/COVID-19.html
https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/home
North Carolina
www.ncdhhs.gov/divisions/public-health/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-response-north-carolina
North Dakota
www.ndbmt.org/
https://ndresponse.gov/covid-19-resources
Ohio
www.med.ohio.gov/
https://coronavirus.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/covid-19/
Oklahoma
www.ok.gov/cosmo/Massage_Therapy/index.html
https://coronavirus.health.ok.gov/
Oregon
www.oregon.gov/OBMT/Pages/index.aspx
https://coronavirus.oregon.gov/
Pennsylvania
www.dos.pa.gov/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardsCommissions/MassageTherapy/Pages/default.aspx
www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx
Puerto Rico
www.pr.gov/Pages/default.aspx
Rhode Island
https://health.ri.gov/licenses/detail.php?id=229#one
https://health.ri.gov/diseases/ncov2019/
South Carolina
https://llr.sc.gov/mas/
www.scdhec.gov/infectious-diseases/viruses/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19
South Dakota
https://doh.sd.gov/boards/massage/
https://doh.sd.gov/news/Coronavirus.aspx
Tennessee
www.tn.gov/content/tn/health.html
www.tn.gov/governor/covid-19.html
Texas
www.tdlr.texas.gov/
https://dshs.texas.gov/coronavirus/
Utah
https://dopl.utah.gov/mt/index.html
https://coronavirus.utah.gov/
Vermont
www.healthvermont.gov/response/infectious-disease/2019-novel-coronavirus
US Virgin Islands
https://doh.vi.gov/covid19usvi
Virginia
www.virginia.gov/coronavirus-updates/
Washington
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/WADOH/bulletins/2853e24
www.doh.wa.gov/LicensesPermitsandCertificates/ProfessionsNewReneworUpdate/MassageTherapist
www.doh.wa.gov/Emergencies/Coronavirus
West Virginia
www.wvmassage.org/
https://dhhr.wv.gov/COVID-19/Pages/default.aspx
Wisconsin
www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/covid-19/index.htm
Wyoming
https://covid19.wyo.gov/