A. A massage business license or massage therapist license is not required for the following:
1. Facilities licensed by the Minnesota Department of Health.
2. Licensed or registered health care practitioners that offer massage therapy services under the practitioner’s license as outlined by Minnesota Statutes Section 146A.065, when the therapist is hired or employed by a medical professional licensed under Minnesota Statutes, Chapters 147 or 148 or a dental professional licensed under Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 150A. A massage therapist is not limited to providing treatment to patients of the medical or dental professional.
3. Persons licensed by the State of Minnesota Board of Barber Examiners as barbers or the State of Minnesota Board of Cosmetology as cosmetologists, provided such persons do not hold themselves out as offering massage services and provided any massage service is complementary to the licensed activity and is limited to the head, neck, hands, or feet.
4. Students from an accredited institution (pursuant to the requirements of Section 3-7-3.B.1.a. who are performing massage services in the course of a clinical component of an accredited program of study, provided that the students meet all of the following:
a. Perform the massage services at either the location of the accredited institution or clinics or other massage therapy businesses located outside of the accredited institution (if performing massage therapy outside of the institution the students must have at least one hundred fifty (150) hours of certified therapeutic massage training at the accredited institution prior to performing the massage therapy);
b. Have proof of liability insurance, which may be covered by the clinic or other massage therapy business or by the accredited institution; and
c. Are identified to the public as a student of massage therapy.