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The American College of Hypnotherapy

Hypnosis/Hypnotherapy Practice & Licensure Information

Information is current as of June 2021

Disclaimer

Information regarding any State laws for the practice of hypnosis/hypnotherapy are certainly subject to change. This information provided is based on research but one must understand that laws can change and new laws introduced at any time. If you have any specific questions regarding laws in your state of residence, please contact your specific state agency that governs the practice of hypnotherapy and/or counseling to pose your questions. If you are not sure of which agency to contact, you can do an internet search or you may want to contact the office of your Congressional representative to see if they might guide you to the correct agency.

States that appear to be non-regulated or minimal regulations.


Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
Delaware
District of Columbia
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

States that have Regulations

Colorado
Connecticut
Washington

States with explicit guidelines for licensure exemption.


California
Florida
Illinois
New Jersey
Texas
Utah

These two links can be placed below as resources. We use the first one already, but it has no mention of Colorado, like at all, so I used the other source to fill in the one state gap. Both say about the same thing otherwise.
https://hypnotherapistsunion.org/statelaws/
https://www.interpersonalhypnotherapy.com/us-state-hypnosis-laws

 

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES

You may access this link for more information: State Laws

updated: July 2016