Licensure Requirements

Licensure requirements for the State of California are dependent upon each individual county. Santa Barbara County requires 200 hours of certified training in order to be considered for a business license to do massage professionally.

The hours from this school can be transfered to any other school that has been approved to operate by the Bureau of Private Postsecondary Vocational Education.

Santa Barbara County
805-568-2934
&Tax Collector
105 E. Anapamu St.

1. 200 hour Certification
2. Valid California ID
3. $25 per year
This License will be mailed to you, renewable yearly

Santa Barbara City
805-564-5346
City Hall
City Clerk
735 Anacapa St.

1. 200 hour Certification
2. Valid California ID
3. 2 Passport photos (2"x2")
4. 5 Written Statements attesting to your "good moral character"
5. Doctors clearance of communicable diseases (written) TB test
6. Previous licensure shown, if applicable
7. $52 application fee

Fill out application and return to City Hall with the $52 application fee. Call SB Police Department to request an appointment for a live scan (fingerprinting) 805-897-2355 and bring the application page from City Hall. Turn in fingerprint and appliaction page to the investigative division of SB Police Aimee Salazar - 805-897-2335. You will receive a response be mail stating if your application was accepted or not. If you are accepted, go to City Hall to pick up your license. Pay $100 fee for a Massage Technician outcall only license, renewable yearly.

 

City of Goleta
805-961-7500

1. 200 hour Certification
2. Valid California I.D.
3. $25.00

City of Carpinteria
805-684-5405

(outcall licenses issued to massage therapists only)
1. 250 hour Certification for massage technician
2. 500 hour Certification for massage therapist
3. Certificate of Completion and transcripts
4. Valid California I.D.
5. Two(2) passport sized photos
6. Must be 18 years of age or older
7. Fingerprints (call for details)
8. Doctors clearance of communicable diseases (written) within last 30 days
9. $98 processing fee / $45 application / $25 taxes

City of Ventura & Oxnard
805-658-4773

1. 200 hour Certification
2. Valid California drivers license
3. Three(3) passport sized photos
4. Doctors clearance of communicable diseases (written)
5. TB test
6. Must be 18 years of age or older
7. Written & Practical exams $60 each
8. Fingerprints
9. Permit fee $54 / business license $40