The Iowa Board of Massage Therapy has fined a Shelby County man for advertising a service he was not licensed to perform under Iowa Code. In it’s ruling issued July 1st, the Board ordered David North of Harlan, to pay $1,000 within 30-days, or face further, legal action.

In December 2012, the Board ruled North advertised his Shiatsu massage therapy practice in the Atlantic News Telegraph when he was not licensed to perform that therapy under Iowa Code.

The Board says the Practice of “Massage Therapy” includes the performance for compensation, of massage, myotherapy, massotherapy, bodywork, bodywork therapy, or therapeutic massage, which comes in several forms.