Massage Licensure in Kansas: No Statewide License Required
Verified against Kansas Office of the Revisor of Statutes — K.S.A. 65-2872 (Persons not engaged in the practice of the healing arts) · 2026-07-24 · verified by agent
Kansas has no statewide massage therapy license, training-hour, or exam requirement, sourced from Kansas Office of the Revisor of Statutes — K.S.A. 65-2872 (Persons not engaged in the practice of the healing arts), verified 2026-07-24.
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Kansas has no statewide massage therapy license, registration, or certification requirement. K.S.A. 65-2872(f) expressly excludes persons who massage "for the purpose of relaxation, muscle conditioning, or figure improvement" (without using drugs or holding themselves out as physicians or healers) from the state's healing-arts practice act, so anyone may practice massage therapy in Kansas without state fees, standards, or oversight. Lawmakers have introduced statewide massage-therapist licensure bills in nearly every legislative session since 2008 — most recently SB 253 in 2025, which would have created a Board of Massage Therapy under the Kansas Board of Healing Arts — but none has been enacted; SB 253 died in committee without a hearing.
No Massage License Required in Kansas
Kansas does not operate a statewide massage therapy licensing board, application, or renewal process. No credential is legally required to practice. Individual cities or counties may impose their own local requirements — see the note below.
Fee Breakdown
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Continuing Education
Not required.
Kansas has no statewide continuing-education requirement for massage therapists, because there is no state license to maintain.
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The Kansas Legislative Research Department's own massage-therapy briefing notes that 'local governments could choose to regulate massage therapists by ordinance or resolution,' and cites the City of Mission, Kansas as an example of a municipality that requires massage-establishment and individual-therapist permits, including at least 500 hours of instruction from an approved school, current CPR certification, and continuing-education compliance as conditions of its local permit. Local requirements vary by city/county and were not independently researched beyond what this state source itself discusses.
Sources
Data last verified: 2026-07-24 (verified by: agent) | Source: Kansas Office of the Revisor of Statutes — K.S.A. 65-2872 (Persons not engaged in the practice of the healing arts)