http://fsmta.org Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:44:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en FSMTA Professional Liability Insurance coverage recently expanded to include loss of earnings and medical expenses.  Now, your policy will pay up to $500 per day for loss of earnings if you miss work due to a pending lawsuit.  The insurance company will also pay up to $5,000 for medical expenses related to ... http://fsmta.org/member-rewards/new-features-of-fsmta-liability-insurance/ Legislative Session 2010 was extremely busy and our Tallahassee Team, Janet Mabry, Allison Carvajal and Paul Lambert, did an outstanding job keeping track of bills and amendments to help protect our scope of practice. Many of you participated with letters and phone calls – that support helped get the desired ... http://fsmta.org/featured/end-of-legislative-session-2010-report/ Governor Charlie Crist announced the following appointments for the Board of Massage Therapy on March 31, 2010: Amy Hagen, 36, of Pensacola, massage therapist with Edge Family Chiropractic, succeeding Lorena Hayes, appointed for a term beginning March 31, 2010, and ending October 31, 2013. Lydia Nixon, 28, of Pensacola, self-employed massage therapist, ... http://fsmta.org/featured/governor-crist-appoints-3-to-bomt/ The Department of Health Bureau of Quality Assurance issued an important notice to warn licensed healthcare providers of a possible telephone scam currently being used to obtain private financial information.  Please read below for details. IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM THE BOMT - POSSIBLE SCAM: We were recently made aware of a telephone scam, whereby ... http://fsmta.org/featured/attention-healthcare-providers/ If you have questions about how to get a license, renew an existing license, or transfer your license from another state; instead of calling the Board of Massage Therapy, you might consider visiting  www.FLHealthSource.com first to see if it answers your question(s).     Services for Licensed Massage Therapists: Renew License Update Address Print Confirmation of License Request ... http://fsmta.org/featured/license-services-on-flhealthsourcecom/ 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" The Florida State Massage Therapy Association (FSMTA) is the oldest professional massage therapy association, founded in 1939.  Furthermore, ... http://fsmta.org/member-rewards/join-in-florida/ 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 U.S.C. ss. 801-970, or 42 U.S.C. ss. 1395-1396, unless the sentence and any subsequent period ... http://fsmta.org/featured/new-law-licensure-and-renewals/ 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 renewal forms to you if you do not have an email address on file with ... http://fsmta.org/featured/electronic-membership-renewal-notices/ 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, make connections, and just have fun! Follow this link to check it out: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=49303458825# http://fsmta.org/member-rewards/find-fsmta-on-facebook/ 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 Contractor instead of an Employee is against the law and can lead to an IRS ... http://fsmta.org/member-rewards/independent-contractor-vs-employee/