The Iowa Board of Massage Therapy has revoked the license of a woman who provided false information on her application, which went unnoticed for nearly a year.
In April 2022, Jing Xie applied for a massage therapy license in Iowa. On her application, she claimed she had never faced disciplinary action in another state. Four weeks later, the board issued her a license.
However, in April 2023, the board received a report from the National Practitioner Data Bank, revealing Xie had not disclosed a past criminal conviction and her voluntary surrender of a massage therapy license in Nevada.
Board records indicate that Xie had previously been convicted of “attempted conspiracy solicitation” related to massage therapy in Kansas. She later hid this conviction when applying for a license in Nevada, which she surrendered in September 2013.
In April 2024, a year after discovering this, the Iowa board accused Xie of fraudulently obtaining her license. She did not attend the hearing, and in October 2024, her Iowa license was officially revoked.
The board did not specify where Xie practiced in Iowa but noted that she currently resides in California.
This case follows another instance last year when the board unintentionally issued a license to a man with a history of sex crimes.