§ 43-25-04 — Exemptions

The following persons are exempt from this chapter:
1. Schools that furnish massage services to their student athletes.
2. Any student of a school of massage who is practicing massage in the course of
fulfilling a required massage therapy practicum under the direct supervision of a
licensed massage therapist or in the course of participating in a school-supervised
student massage clinic under the direct supervision of a licensed massage therapist, a
school may charge a fee and students may accept tips under a policy set by the
school. Students may practice homework unsupervised on other students, family, or
friends, but no fee or tip may be charged or accepted. These massages may only be
performed at the school or at the residence of the student, family member, or friend.
3. Any individual who is engaged in a profession or occupation for which the individual is
licensed by this state, as long as the individual's activities are performed in the course
of the bona fide practice of the individual's profession or occupation and as long as the
individual does not represent to the public that the individual is a massage therapist or

is engaged in the practice of massage and does not perform massage while working in
a massage establishment.
4. A health spa or similar business to the extent the spa or business is performing
superficial applications used for beautification or health of the skin, including salt glows
and contouring.
5. Any individual instructor demonstrating massage techniques as a component of a
board-approved seminar.
6. Any individual practicing healing by manipulating the energy field or the flow of energy
of the human body by means other than the manipulation of the soft tissues of the
human body, provided that the individual's services are not designated or implied to be
massage or massage therapy. For purposes of this subsection, a light touch or tap is
not a manipulation of the soft tissues of the human body.