House Professional Licensure Committee to Hold Hearing on Massage Therapist Licensing

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house professional licensure committee to hold hearing on massage therapist licensing

what: the house professional licensure committee will travel to philadelphia

to hold a public hearing on house bill 2078, which would require that massage therapists in pennsylvania be licensed by the commonwealth.

who: rep. tom gannon (r-delaware), chairman, professional licensure committee; members of the committee; basil l. merenda, commissioner, bureau of professional and occupational affairs; dr. kate rufolo, first vice president, pennsylvania chiropractic association; rhetta flagg and nancy porambo, both from the american massage therapy association; melodie adinolfi, associated bodywork and massage professionals; terry tosh, pennsylvania body therapy association; christopher j. bacskai, doctor of chiropractic medicine; paul f. parker, director of certification, national certification board for therapeutic massage and bodywork; and leena guptha, d.o.

when: wednesday, july 28

time: noon to 2 p.m.

where: courtroom 446, philadelphia city hall, broad and

market streets, philadelphia

news advisory

office of rep. tom gannon

july 27, 2004 for information: jennifer algoe [phone]