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You will need to get a City of Hopkins license to practice massage in Hopkins. Hopkins City Code 1185 contains the requirements for obtaining the license. When you apply for the license for the first time, the City will do a background check. The fee for the license is $100. The fee for the background investigation is $50. The renewal fee is $100.

Code of Ethics

By The National Certification Board For Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork

Massage therapists and bodyworkers in the exercise of professional accountability will:

  1. Accurately inform clients, other health care practitioners, and the public of the scope and limitations of their discipline and have a sincere commitment to provide the highest quality of care to those who seek their professional services.
  2. Provide treatment only when there is reasonable expectation that it will be advantageous to the client. The therapist will acknowledge the limitations of and contraindications for massage and bodywork and refer clients to appropriate health professionals. Licensees will abide by all laws governing the practice of massage and bodywork and act only within their legal scope of practice.
  3. Represent their qualifications honestly, including education and professional affiliations, and will provide only those services which they are qualified to perform.
  4. Consistently maintain and improve professional knowledge and competence, striving for professional excellence through regular assessment of personal and professional strengths and weaknesses and by continued education and training. Licensees will conduct their business and professional activities with honesty and integrity.
  5. Safeguard the confidentiality of all client information, unless disclosure is required by law, court order, or absolutely necessary for the protection of the public. Client rights will be respected. Licensees will respect the inherent worth of all persons and refuse to unjustly discriminate against clients or other ethical health professionals.
  6. Respect the client's right to an informed and voluntary consent regarding care and treatment, and obtain the informed consent of the client or the client's advocate before providing treatment. This includes a record of written and verbal consent to treatment.
  7. Respect the client's right to refuse, modify, or terminate treatment, regardless of prior consent given.
  8. Provide draping and treatment in a way that ensures the safety, comfort and privacy of the client.
  9. Exercise the right to refuse to treat any person or part of the body for just and reasonable cause.
  10. Respect the contribution and expertise of colleagues in massage therapy and bodywork and other disciplines as essential to excellent health care.
  11. Respect the client's choices between alternative and traditional health care.
  12. Always be responsible not to engage in sexualizing behavior. The therapist will respect the boundaries and integrity of each person and therefore not engage in any sexual conduct or activities, even if the client attempts to sexualize the relationship.
  13. Avoid any interest, activities, or influences which might conflict with their obligation to act in the best interest of their clients and the profession. Respect the client's boundaries with regard to privacy, disclosure, exposure, emotional expression, beliefs, and reasonable expectations of professional behavior. Therapists will respect the client's autonomy.
  14. Refuse any gifts or benefits, in excess of acceptable gratuity, which are intended to influence a referral, a decision or a treatment.

For City statutes on the regulation of massage therapy practices, see Hopkins City Code 1185.