The Vermont Statutes Online

Title 26 : Professions and Occupations

Chapter 105 : Massage Therapists, Bodyworkers, and Touch Professionals

Subchapter 003 : Registrations

• § 5427. Unprofessional conduct

  Unprofessional conduct means the conduct set forth in 3 V.S.A. § 129a and the following:

  (1) engaging in activities in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 2605 (voyeurism);

  (2) engaging with a client in sexual conduct as defined in 13 V.S.A. § 2821:

  (A) at an establishment; or

  (B) while engaging in, offering to engage in, or purporting to engage in the practice of massage or the practice of bodywork;

  (3) meeting a client at an establishment for the purpose of sexual conduct;

  (4) conviction of a crime committed while engaged in the practice of massage or the practice of bodywork;

  (5) performing massage or bodywork that the massage therapist, bodyworker, or touch professional knows or has reason to know has not been authorized by a client or the client’s legal representative;

  (6) engaging in conduct of a character likely to deceive, defraud, or harm the public; and

  (7) engaging in the practice of massage or the practice of bodywork at an unregistered establishment. (Added 2019, No. 178 (Adj. Sess.), § 29, eff. April 1, 2021; amended 2025, No. 119 (Adj. Sess.), § 18, eff. December 1, 2026.)