Massage License Requirements in Connecticut
Verified against Connecticut Department of Public Health, Practitioner Licensing and Investigations Section · 2026-07-24 · verified by agent
Connecticut's 750-hour training requirement is sourced from CT DPH — Massage Therapist Licensing Requirements, verified 2026-07-24. Its required exam — MBLEx (Massage & Bodywork Licensing Examination) — comes from the same source.
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Connecticut licenses massage therapists through the Department of Public Health (DPH), Practitioner Licensing and Investigations Section. Applicants must complete at least 750 classroom hours — instructor physically present, online instruction does not count — at a school holding an NCBTMB school code and accreditation, plus 60 hours of supervised clinical/internship experience, and pass the MBLEx or NCBTMB's national certification exam. Licensees must complete 24 hours of continuing education every 4 years to maintain licensure.
Connecticut Massage License Requirements
| Licensing Authority | Connecticut Department of Public Health, Practitioner Licensing and Investigations Section (DPH) |
| Title | Massage Therapist |
| Training Hours | 750 hours — School must hold a current NCBTMB school code and be accredited by either an accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or the Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation (COMTA). |
| Exam | MBLEx (Massage & Bodywork Licensing Examination) (Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards (FSMTB)) Alternatives accepted: NCBTMB National Certification Examination for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCETMB) |
| Renewal Period | 2 years |
Fee Breakdown
| Initial License Fee | $379.75 |
| Renewal Fee (every 2 years) | — |
means no primary source publishes that figure — left blank on purpose rather than estimated or copied from an unverified aggregator.
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24 hours every 4 years, confirmed with no dedicated ethics-hour carve-out.
24 hours of continuing education are required every 4 years, in areas related to the licensee's practice. Up to 18 of the 24 hours may be completed via internet/distance learning, and up to 12 hours may come from non-NCBTMB-approved providers. Certificates of completion must be retained for 6 years. First-time renewal applicants are exempt until their next renewal, and anyone continuously licensed since February 1, 1994 is exempt from CE. The DPH continuing-education-requirements page was checked directly and contains no ethics-specific hour carve-out.
Starting your own practice in Connecticut?
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Connecticut's application requires a verification form sent directly from each state licensing authority where the applicant is or has ever been licensed, registered, or certified, indicating an endorsement/verification pathway exists. A page laying out specific reciprocity criteria (e.g., a substantially-equivalent-hours standard) was not located — DPH's 'Practice Act' subpage returned a 404 at the time of research.
Sources
Data last verified: 2026-07-24 (verified by: agent) | Source: CT DPH — Massage Therapist Licensing Requirements