Colorado Provisional Registration Helps MTs Meet April 1 Deadline

Colorado’s Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) has adopted emergency rules establishing a Good Faith Provisional Registration process. This process provisionally registers any individual as a massage therapist who has taken steps to comply with Colorado law by April 1, 2009, but who will not have received their registration by that date. To be eligible for provisional licensing, individuals will have had to submit the following by April 1, 2009:

• Application and fee
• Education or training standards established in the law
• Fingerprints and background check

For more information, see the Nov. 20, 2008 Colorado Legislative Update Individuals who have taken these measures will have provisional registration for three months and will be considered in compliance with Colorado law. Within this three-month time frame, all who applied prior to April 1st should have their registration issued. Those individuals who have not taken the necessary steps prior to April 1, 2009, have not made a good faith effort to become registered, will not receive the provisional registration, and will be treated as any other unlicensed or unregistered professional operating in Colorado. In short, massage therapists who are not registered cannot legally practice in Colorado after April 1, 2009. For more information, see the Nov. 20, 2008 Colorado Legislative Update