- You will want to contact the city or town office you are planning to practice in to see if your city requires a business license.
o If you are located in the City of Edmonton to apply for a business license visit this link. Click on ‘Apply for a Business License’. Select the ‘Massage Therapy’ license type and follow the steps in the online application form. You may also renew a business license by visiting this link. Click on ‘Begin Renewal’. Enter the business license number and PIN (found in the renewal notice) and follow the steps in the online renewal form.
- You will also want to share with us your new business location and business name so that we can add that information into your membership profile. Remember this business information can be made available to the public when searched up on Find a Therapist.
- You will also want to update any insurance billing portals with this information so that when your clients start to submit their claims, that they will be reimbursed.
- Consider becoming a member of CMMOTA’s Member’s Only Facebook page and connect with your peers. They have experience in multitudes, and the community loves to answer your business or practice questions.
There is some excellent information available to our members in a recorded CMMOTA Information Session entitled “Starting and Operating a Business. You can access the information sessions through your CMMOTA profile – learn how by clicking here.
You also might want to consider doing a “Business Tips” search using the CMMOTA search function (look for the magnifying glass), as there have been many articles that have been shared in the weekly CMMOTA Sunday News publication.
If you are a therapist that has experience and think that there is more that we could add for tips to this page, send your suggestion to us via email (click here to submit it).