(5) Consider complaints brought to the Board involving certified
massage therapists OR REGISTERED MASSAGE TECHNICIANS PRACTITIONERS and
recommend to the Board the appropriate disciplinary action;

(6) Evaluate education programs in massage therapy for approval by the

Board;

(7) Keep a record of its proceedings; and

(8) Submit an annual report to the Board.

3-5A-05.

(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, an individual shall be:

(I) [certified] CERTIFIED by the Board before the individual may
practice massage therapy in this State; OR

(II) REGISTERED BY THE BOARD BEFORE THE INDIVIDUAL MAY
PRACTICE NON-THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE THERAPY IN THIS STATE.

(2) This section does not apply to:

(i) A student enrolled in an approved education program as
determined by the Board while practicing massage therapy in that program;

(ii) An individual permitted to practice massage therapy under
regulations adopted by the Board, if the individual:

1. Otherwise has qualified to practice massage therapy in
any other state or country that has substantially similar requirements for
authorization to practice massage therapy and the individual is in this State for no
more than 7 days; or

2. Has an application for a certificate pending before the
Board but has not taken the examination required under this section or has taken an
examination under this section, but the results of the examination are not yet known;

(iii) A family member practicing massage therapy on another family

member;

(iv) An athletic trainer while functioning in the course of the
athletic trainer's professional capacity;

(v) An individual employed by the federal government to practice
massage therapy while practicing within the scope of the individual's employment;

(vi) An individual who is working in a facility that provides health
club services for which the seller of the services has registered with the Consumer
Protection Division of the Office of the Attorney General as required under §
14-12B-02 of the Commercial Law Article; or