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Practice in Florida, Join in Florida
Practice in Florida, Join in Florida

Mission Statement: “To Unify the Massage Therapy Profession While Creating, Representing, and Promoting Standards of Excellence in Health Care”
Vision Statement: “To Promote Public Awareness of Massage Therapy in Florida Through Education and Professionalism”

New Law - Licensure and Renewals
New Law - Licensure and Renewals

A new law passed on July 1, 2009 prohibits the issuance or renewal of a massage therapy license for an individual who was convicted of a felony under chapter 409, chapter 817, chapter 893, 21 …

Electronic Membership Renewal Notices
Electronic Membership Renewal Notices

FSMTA has implemented a new electronic notification system for renewing your membership.  In an effort to reduce our environmental impact as well as costs, we send your first two membership renewal notices by email.  We send paper …

Request from FSMTA Lobbyists
Request from FSMTA Lobbyists

The FSMTA Lobbyists, Allison Carvajal and Janet Mabry, have asked that we send our members a petition for Senator Paula Dockery to get on the ballot for Governor of Florida. Both Allison and Janet have …

Find FSMTA on Facebook!
Find FSMTA on Facebook!

FSMTA has hopped on the social networking bandwagon! We have formed an FSMTA group on Facebook.com where people in the massage therapy world in Florida can interact. Join in discussions, share on the wall, …

Board of Massage Therapy Staff
Board of Massage Therapy Staff

The Board of Massage Therapy staff is the backbone and frontline associates who field questions and assist applicants and licensees. Just to give you some statistics, for the month of April, 2009, the staff handled …

New Leadership for the Board of Massage Therapy
New Leadership for the Board of Massage Therapy

We are very pleased to announce new leadership for the Florida Board of Massage Therapy! The Board has a new Executive Director, Board Chair and Vice Chair.
Governor Crist also appointed 4 new board members in …

Independent Contractor vs Employee
Independent Contractor vs Employee

Do you know your status?  Are you an employee or independent contractor?  Maybe you are referred to as an employee but you’re being treated like an independent contractor.  Improperly treating an LMT as an Independent …

2010 FSMTA Annual Convention
2010 FSMTA Annual Convention

“Realize Your Potential” at the 2010 FSMTA Annual Convention & Trade Show July 7-11, 2010 at the Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate! 
The convention provides you the opportunity to earn up to 19 continuing education hours; network …