As you may have heard, the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) has, as of January 2, 2013, discontinued its requirement of obtaining a “Foodhandler/Massage Therapist” category of Health Card. Amongst the elimination of the health card for a number of other categories, Massage Therapists and Reflexologists are no longer required to renew or can initially-apply for a Health Card under these categories.
Dr. John Middaugh, Interim Chief Health Officer for SNHD, on January 3rd, 2013, officially contacted our Government Relations Consultant Sally Hacking with the news and she passed on the SNHD document declaring the department’s transition into re-purposing their resources to address more-focused Foodhandler and Body Art categories, among others.
The AMTA Nevada Chapter would like to remind Massage Therapists: the SNHD still recommends immunization through vaccines and the SNHD provides such services at low- or no-cost (to those who qualify) and that, as a Massage Therapist, your employer may be required to require you to obtain a Foodhandler-category Health Card if you are subject to food-handling in your employee responsibilities.
You may contact the SNHD with further questions at www.SouthernNevadaHealthDistrict.org or (702) 759-1201.
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