Florida Massage Therapy Continuing Education Requirements And License Renewal

Meet your Florida massage therapy CE requirements with ease. If you'd like a refresher on what's needed to renew your license, see the requirements below.

19 Mandatory Hours
5 Elective Hours
24 Total Hours
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Here's what you need to renew your Florida Massage license

The information below is a summary of the minimum requirements set forth by the Florida Department of Health Medical Quality Assurance Board of Massage Therapy. For a more detailed requirements breakdown, please see the board's site.
If you hold Massage licenses in multiple states, please make sure to check each state's requirements.

Florida Massage: Massage Therapist (Continuing Education)

Total Hours Required: 24
Mandatory Hours: 19
Elective Hours: 5
Renewal Cycle in Years: 2
License Expiration Date: 08/31/2025
Next Education Due Date: 08/31/2025

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Mandatory Subjects:

  • Relevant to Massage Therapy Techniques - 12 hours
    • Courses in this subject area are usually required to be in an in-person (classroom) setting.
  • Medical Errors - 2 hours
  • Human Trafficking - 1
  • Laws and Rules - 2
  • Ethics - 2

Additional Information:

  • Courses approved as Relevant to Massage: 
    Courses completed during the 2023-2025 Biennial Renewal period to meet this requirement may be offered as instruction hours. Instruction hours may include classes or portions of classes where the delivery method is correspondence, home study, video or digital media, or instructor-led virtual or distanced learning.
  • First Renewals ONLY:
    • The total number of continuing education hours required for your first renewal is equal to the number of months and partial months you have been licensed. Your total number of hours required includes hours completed in the required prevention of medical errors and human trafficking awareness courses.
      • Medical Errors - 2 hours
      • Human Trafficking - 1 hour
      • General - 1 hour per month or partial month licensed over 3 months

Online Limitations

“In-person” / 'Relevant to Massage Therapy Techniques" / “Classroom Hours” Requirements

In continued response to COVID-19 and the ongoing concerns of licensees, the Board of Massage Therapy approved an additional two-year change to renewal requirements. This change will allow the twelve required hours of classroom hour (in-person, or live) courses to be taken as instruction hour courses (anytime or distance learning courses).

Please note that distance learning courses taken to meet this requirement must be relevant to and focused on massage therapy techniques, skills or protocols.
Courses offered as “general” hours will not fulfill this requirement.
 

Roster

Roster Required: yes
Roster Process: We will report your hours electronically to CEBroker within one business day.  CEBroker is the official CE tracking system for your state licensing board.
Roster Sent: Every 1 days

Governing Agency

Name: Florida Department of Health Medical Quality Assurance Board of Massage Therapy
Phone: 8502454161
Fax:
Website: http://floridasmassagetherapy.gov/
Address: 4052 Bald Cypress Way Bin #C06 Tallahassee, 32399
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Note: This license renewal information is provided as a convenience only and is subject to change at any time. It's ultimately the responsibility of the licensee to be sure that he or she is meeting all requirements for each license and corresponding renewal period.