Updated June 10, 2026. Laws/language subject to change. Contact the State Board for updates/changes. Alabama https://admincode.legislature.state.al.us/api/chapter/532-X-4MASSAGE THERAPY ESTABLISHMENT LICENSURE AND STANDARDSTABLE OF CONTENTS532-X-4-.01 Massage Therapy Establishment LicenseRequired532-X-4-.02 Requirements For Licensed Massage TherapyEstablishments532-X-4-.03 Massage Therapist Establishment InitialLicense Application532-X-4-.04 Massage Therapy Establishment LicenseRenewal532-X-4-.05 Licensed Massage Therapy EstablishmentChange Of Location532-X-4-.06 Code Of Ethics For Licensed MassageTherapy Establishment “Ala.Code […]
Dear Polaris
Thank you for saddling the massage therapy profession with the derogatory term Illicit Massage Business. (Sarcasm) Your 2017 report Human Trafficking in Illicit Massage Businesses (no longer on your website but found on archive.org) started referring to these businesses as Illicit Massage Businesses. The use of these words implies that massage and the massage therapy […]
Exploring the Effects of Decriminalizing Prostitution on the Massage Profession
Many states are talking about what should be done with the many sex workers and people buying sex. Decriminalizing sex work is different than legalizing it. It means that consenting adults who buy or sell sex are not committing a crime. Decriminalization is thought to lead to lower rates of sexual violence, less sexually transmitted […]
The numbers have it…nothing is stopping the illicit businesses
The Human Trafficking Institute Provided this full map of the US with suspected numbers of Illicit Businesses in 2019 in black. The numbers in RED were the counts taken today from that awful site that I won’t post a link to. 2019 2023 Alabama 47 219 Alaska 22 64 Arizona 229 716 Arkansas 10 […]
