http://fsmta.org Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:04:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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/ 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 a close personal relationship with Paula and feel she would be a great asset for ... http://fsmta.org/featured/request-from-fsmta-lobbyists/ 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/ 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 2,155 telephone calls, returned 512 voicemails, reviewed 416 application files, and processed 954 pieces of ... http://fsmta.org/featured/board-of-massage-therapy-staff/ 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 February. We would like to wish the board members the best of luck in their new ... http://fsmta.org/featured/new-leadership-for-the-board-of-massage-therapy/ 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/