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N.C.P.I.—Crim. 227.10

MASSAGE AND BODYWORK THERAPY LICENSING VIOLATION. MISDEMEANOR.

activein force · 2018-06-01 – presentas-observed

First, that the defendant

a) [[employed] [hired] [contracted] with a person who is not

[licensed] [exempted] to provide massage and bodywork

therapy services to the public]

b) [[aided and abetted1] any person not [licensed] [exempted] in

the practice of massage and bodywork therapy] [[advertised]

[represented] [held out] any person not [licensed] [exempted]

to others as a massage and bodywork therapist]

c) [[described] the practice or any person not [licensed]

[exempted]]

d) [used any title descriptive of any branch of massage and

bodywork therapy to reference any such person in violation of

massage and bodywork licensure2]

Second, that the defendant acted knowingly.

If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or

about the alleged date that the defendant

a) [[employed] [hired] [contracted] with a person who is not

[licensed] [exempted] to provide massage and bodywork

therapy services to the public]

b) [[aided and abetting] any person not [licensed] [exempted] in

the practice of massage and bodywork therapy] [[advertised]

[representing] [holding out] any person not [licensed]

[exempted] to others as a massage and bodywork therapist]

c) [[described] the practice or any person not [licensed]

[exempted]]

d) [used any title descriptive of any branch of massage and

bodywork therapy to reference any such person in violation of

massage and bodywork licensure]

and that the defendant acted knowingly, it would be your duty to return a

verdict of guilty. If you do not so find or have a reasonable doubt as to

one or more of these things, it would be your duty to return a verdict of

not guilty.

History

N.C.P.I.—Crim. 227.10 (June 2018). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-632.17(b). Prepared by the North Carolina Conference of Superior Court Judges' Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions, assisted by the UNC School of Government; published by the School of Government.

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Retrieved
2026-09-25
Edition
2026-09-24
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