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    Legal requirements for Reiki practitioners

    natalyn
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    Post by natalyn Sun Mar 22, 2015 5:11 am

    I have been trying to find what the legal requirements are in Georgia for Reiki practitioners. Is licensing required to have a Reiki practice? I plan to start out in my home. Any feedback is appreciated!

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    Post by chi_solas Sun Mar 22, 2015 11:59 am

    Check with your state house study
    laws may vary from state to state


    Here in Massachusetts Reiki is excluded 
    from the massage therapist licensure
    Requirments. ....

    hhtp://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/senate/st102/st02258.htm


    (b) Nothing in this section shall prevent or restrict the practice of a person who uses touch, words or directed movement to deepen awareness of patterns of movement in the body, or the affectation of the human energy system or acupoints or Qi meridians of the human body while engaged within the scope of practice of a profession with established standards and ethics, but such services shall not be designated or implied to be massage or massage therapy. Such practices shall include, but not be limited to, the Feldenkrais Method; Reflexology; The Trager Approach; Ayurvedic Therapies, Rolf Structural Integration, Polarity or Polarity Therapy; Polarity Therapy Bodywork; Asian Bodywork Therapy that does not constitute massage as defined in this chapter; Acupressure; Jin Shin Do; Qi Gong; Tui Na; Shiatsu; Body-Mind Centering and Reiki. These exempt practitioners may use the terms “bodywork”, “bodyworker” and “bodywork therapist” in their promotional literature.

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