152C.1 - DEFINITIONS.
152C.1 DEFINITIONS.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Board" means the board of massage therapy created under
chapter 147.
2. "Massage therapist" means a person licensed to practice
the health care service of the healing art of massage therapy under
this chapter.
3. "Massage therapy" means performance for compensation of
massage, myotherapy, massotherapy, bodywork, bodywork therapy, or
therapeutic massage including hydrotherapy, superficial hot and cold
applications, vibration and topical applications, or other therapy
which involves manipulation of the muscle and connective tissue of
the body, excluding osseous tissue, to treat the muscle tonus system
for the purpose of enhancing health, muscle relaxation, increasing
range of motion, reducing stress, relieving pain, or improving
circulation.
4. "Reflexology" means manipulation of the soft tissues of
the human body which is restricted to the hands, feet, or ears,
performed by persons who do not hold themselves out to be massage
therapists or to be performing massage therapy. Section History: Recent Form
92 Acts, ch 1137, § 1; 98 Acts, ch 1053, §29, 30; 2000 Acts, ch
1185, §2, 3; 2004 Acts, ch 1065, §1, 2; 2007 Acts, ch 10, §130
Referred to in § 152C.5, 152C.7A