Any person who has been duly licensed in another state or municipality to practice massage therapy, which state or municipality has and maintains a standard of practice substantially the same or more stringent than that maintained under this chapter, and who has been lawfully and continuously engaged in the practice for 2 or more years immediately before filing his or her application to practice under this chapter, and who shall submit a duly attested license from the regulatory authority of the state or municipality in which he or she is registered, certifying to the fact of his or her registration, may be granted a massage therapist license to practice without otherwise being required to qualify.