Public Meeting Notice  Board of Registration of Massage Therapy Application Review Subcommittee Meeting - 12.19.25

In accordance with the provisions of G.L. c. 30A § 20, the Board of Registration of Massage Therapy Subcommittee convened a regular meeting on:   

December 19, 2025; this meeting was held virtually via Microsoft Teams    

The topics shown below were discussed at the aforementioned meeting:  

At 10:01 A.M., the Chair, Paul Andrews called the meeting to order.   

Board members present:   

• Paul Andrews, Chair  
• Alexei Levine, Vice-Chair    
• Anthony Chui   

Board members absent: 

• Pallas Hutchison  
• Kimberlee Schuler 

DOL Staff present:  

• Kerry Cassidy, Executive Director    
• Nirit Eriksson, Board Counsel 
• Amanda Smith, Board Staff    

1. The Board reviewed the Public Session Meeting Minutes for August 13, 2025  

Anthony Chui made a motion, seconded by Alexei Levine, and the members present, by majority, 

VOTED: to accept the minutes as presented.

Motion Passed - Roll Call:  

2. The Board reviewed the Executive Session Minutes for August 13, 2025  

Anthony Chui made a motion, seconded by Alexei Levine, and the members present, by majority, 

VOTED: to accept the minutes as presented.   

Motion Passed - Roll Call:  

3. Application Review 

2025-113-MT-MT-APP [Sharitza Pena]- Ms. Pena attended Bristol Community College in Massachusetts for a total of 850 hours. Her application was found to be deficient in Ethics and Business by 45 hours but has a surplus of hours in Clinical and the Sciences. After a review of the syllabus, it was determined that those hours could not be transferred to Ethics and Business. Ms. Pena was in attendance. She mentioned that she had already begun reaching out to schools about taking an Ethics and Business course and requested additional time to obtain that education. Kerry Cassidy instructed Ms. Pena to send an email requesting additional time and the application would remain open. 

Anthony Chui made a motion, seconded by Alexei Levine, and the members present, by majority, 

VOTED: to deny the application based on the information provided, which does not support application of surplus hours to the 45 hour deficiency in Ethics and Business.    

Motion Passed - Roll Call:  

2025-387-MT-MT-APP [Sara Smith]- Ms. Smith attended the Deep Muscle Therapy School in Delaware for a total of 950 hours. Her application was found to be deficient in Ethics and Business by 48 hours but has a surplus of hours in Clinical, Massage Theory, and the Sciences.  A syllabus was not presented, as the school is closed. 

Alexei Levine made a motion, seconded by Anthony Chui, and the members present, by majority, 

VOTED: to deny the application based on the information provided, which does not support application of surplus hours to the 48 hour deficiency in Ethics and Business   

Motion Passed - Roll Call:  

4. Discussed other matters not reasonably anticipated 48 hours in advance of the meeting. No matters presented. 

Anthony Chui made a motion, seconded by Alexei Levine, and the members present, by majority,  

VOTED: to exit Public Session and enter into Executive Session at 10:21A.M.  

5. Executive Session pursuant to G.L. c. 30A, § 21(a)(7) and G.L. c. 66, § 10 and G.L. c. 4, § 7, ¶ 26(c) to protect highly personal information relating to a named individual and preserve the confidentiality of student record information under 20 U.S.C. § 1232g and 230 CMR 15.03(1), (7))  

6. Anthony Chui made a motion seconded by Alexei Levine, and the members present, by majority. 

Voted: to adjourn at 11:09 a.m.

Adjournment- the next subcommittee meeting is scheduled to occur on February 10, 2026. 

Items relied upon during the open meeting  

• Agenda  
• Public Session Meeting Minutes for August 13, 2025   
• Executive Session Meeting Minutes for August 13, 2025 
• Application materials for Sharitza Pena 
• Application materials for Sara Smith