Brett Harrell, R-Snellville, who opposes the proposed law and says the state instead should end licensure of massage therapists. “The current system is a complete failure,” said state Rep. A new law has been proposed to beef up the board's authority, though the AJC review found the board rarely uses powers it already has. In many ways, the massage board has been set up to fail by weak laws and sparse investigative resources, the AJC found. Twenty-five of the 26 sexual misconduct complaints lodged with the state over the past three years resulted in zero public disciplinary action - no license revocations, no license suspensions, no therapists placed on probation, no reprimands, an investigation by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution found. Such outcomes are typical when it comes to massage therapy and sexual misconduct allegations in Georgia. But the state licensing agency charged with protecting the public, the Georgia Board of Massage Therapy, did nothing after she complained. After she reported him to Massage Envy, he was fired. Then she decided to fight back by going after the therapist’s license. "When it was over, I just stayed there in the room because I was so shocked it had happened." "It was like my mind went blank," she said.
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