Draping Laws by State

Tennessee

0870-01.02  ( PDF ) STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR DRAPING;

PROHIBITION OF SEXUAL ACTIVITY; PROHIBITED TREATMENTS

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(1)

Proper draping technique is of the utmost importance when performing massage therapy to

ensure the comfort and safety of the therapist and the client. At

all times massage therapists

must provide draping and treatment in a way that ensures the safety, comfort and privacy of

the client.

(2)

Before beginning a massage, the therapist must explain to the client the draping techniques

that will be used and provide the client a clean drape large enough for the purpose of draping

the buttocks and genitalia and, in the case of female clients, the breasts. Such body parts

must remain covered except during therapeutic treatment of those specific areas, with the

exception of the genitalia, which shall always remain covered.