Requirements for Partnerships, Corporations, and Limited Liability Companies:
  • A Designated Establishment Manager (DEM),who is a massage therapist with an active license without restrictions, who is responsible for the operation of the establishment in compliance with Chapters 456 and 480, Florida Statutes and Rule 64B7, Florida Administrative Code.
    Massage therapists who are establishment owners may also serve as the DEM for that establishment.
  • Background screening of every establishment owner completed through an approved Livescan provider. Establishment owners are:
    • Each partner in a partnership,
    • Each owner/officer of a corporation, and each interested party for corporations with more than $250,000 in business assets in the state of Florida, or
    • Each member of an LLC.

    Your massage establishment owners will be verified using your most recent filing with the Division of Corporations. Massage therapists who are owners have already met this requirement in most cases; you may be required to complete a new background screening if the screening required to become licensed as a massage therapist was not retained. Visit www.flhealthsource.gov/background-screening for additional information about the background screening process. 

  • Personal injury and bodily liability insurance for your establishment. You will need to submit a copy of your insurance documentation showing coverage at your establishment location to meet this requirement.
  • Fictitious Name Registration for any “doing business as” (D/B/A) name. If you provide a D/B/A and intend to advertise under a name that is not the name of your partnership, corporation or limited liability company you will be required to provide your registration.
    Fictitious name registration will be verified with the Division of Corporations.

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Requirements for Partnerships, Corporations, and Limited Liability Companies:

  • A Designated Establishment Manager (DEM),who is a massage therapist with an active license without restrictions, who is responsible for the operation of the establishment in compliance with Chapters 456 and 480, Florida Statutes and Rule 64B7, Florida Administrative Code.
    Massage therapists who are establishment owners may also serve as the DEM for that establishment.
  • Background screening of every establishment owner completed through an approved Livescan provider. Establishment owners are:
    • Each partner in a partnership,
    • Each owner/officer of a corporation, and each interested party for corporations with more than $250,000 in business assets in the state of Florida, or
    • Each member of an LLC.

    Your massage establishment owners will be verified using your most recent filing with the Division of Corporations. Massage therapists who are owners have already met this requirement in most cases; you may be required to complete a new background screening if the screening required to become licensed as a massage therapist was not retained. Visit www.flhealthsource.gov/background-screening for additional information about the background screening process. 

  • Personal injury and bodily liability insurance for your establishment. You will need to submit a copy of your insurance documentation showing coverage at your establishment location to meet this requirement.
  • Fictitious Name Registration for any “doing business as” (D/B/A) name. If you provide a D/B/A and intend to advertise under a name that is not the name of your partnership, corporation or limited liability company you will be required to provide your registration.
    Fictitious name registration will be verified with the Division of Corporations.