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Renew an Establishment License

Please Read Below and Scroll Down to Renew Your License

The office is working diligently to process renewals as quickly as possible. Please note information regarding renewals can be found on the website. We will do our best to return phone calls within 24 business hours. As a reminder - due to the small size of the staff, the office has administrative hours and public hours. Administrative hours are 8am to 9am, 3pm to 4pm and Friday 8am to 4pm. Administrative hours are necessary to complete renewals, application processing, registrations, Etc. and the phone is not answered during that time. The office is not responsible for incomplete renewals or failure to follow instructions regarding the renewal process.

Reminders to Business Owners and Managers

· Professional and establishment licenses expire on March 31^st, each year.

· Please discard your old establishment license and post your new license on April 1^st. Your license can be printed from your dashboard on the website once approved.

· Please ensure that all professional massage therapist licenses from the previous year are discarded and replaced with the current license on April 1st. Massage therapists can print their current license from their dashboard as well. If a therapist cannot provide a current license to the business they are not eligible to work.

· As stated in the law, no massage therapist shall work at an establishment that is not licensed and no establishment shall employ an unlicensed massage therapist. This includes professional licenses that are expired.

Notifications on Renewal Process

· During the renewal process email notifications will be sent to the email address on file with status updates. Received: Indicates that your application was received only. Approved: Indicates that your license was successfully renewed and available to print from your dashboard. Denied: Indicates that your renewal was returned, and payment refunded or voided. It is the responsibility of the licensee to verify each status of the renewal process and check their dashboard on the LBMT website prior to March 31^st for approval. If you do not receive the initial email indicating your renewal was “received” within 24 hours, first check your junk/spam folder then email info@labmt.org to confirm receipt.

· It is the licensee responsibility to verify the status of the renewal prior to March 31^st.

Processing Time

· All renewals are processed in the order received. Any renewal receive the last week of renewal season may take up to 5 (five) days to process. It is advised that licensees submit their renewal no later than five days prior to March 31^st. This will allow ample time for corrections if the application is denied and avoid the 100.00 late fee.

By agreeing to renew your license online you verify that you have read the above and understand that any incorrect and or incomplete renewal will be returned along with the renewal fee. You also understand that if corrections are not made by March 31st, the 100.00 late fee will apply

To renew your Establishment License online, please click here.

The information above is a courtesy to assist with the renewal process but does not replace the responsibility of each licensees to read and understanding all Laws, Rules, Practice Act etc. that govern the profession. You may find the above information in La. R.S. 37:3551,et seq., Chapter 57 and LAC, Title 46, Part XLIV ("Louisiana Law" tab, Practice Act/Rules and Standards on the LBMT website).