<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 8-63. - Exemptions.</div>
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               (a)
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               The practice of massage therapy shall not include and is distinct from the practice
               of medicine, surgery, osteopathy, nursing, chiropractic, physical therapy or podiatry.
               Requirements of this article shall have no application to or effect upon:
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               (1)
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               Physicians, surgeons, chiropractors, osteopaths, physical therapists or podiatrists
               duly licensed to practice in this state, and registered or licensed practical nurses
               governed by the North Carolina Nursing Practices Act.
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               (2)
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               Athletic directors or trainers who are affiliated with an approved educational institution
               or professional sports team, and whose work is limited to athletic team members.
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               (3)
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               Licensed cosmetologists, barbers or beauty culturists who do not give, or hold themselves
               out to give, massage treatments other than are customarily given in such establishments,
               solely for the purpose of beautification.
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               (b)
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               No other persons not duly qualified and licensed as massage therapists under this
               article, whether employed by physicians, chiropractors, osteopaths, podiatrists, or
               not, may render massage therapy.
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               (Ord. of 9-28-87, Â§ III)
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