Section 338.701. Definitions

Rule 1.  As used in these rules:

(a)   "Board" means the board of massage therapy.

(b) "Code" means 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211.

(c)    "Department" means the department of licensing and regulatory affairs.

(d)       "Endorsement" means the acknowledgement that the licensing criteria in 1 jurisdiction is substantially equivalent to the criteria established and described in section 16186 of the code.

(e)       “One hour of classroom instruction” means 50 to 60 minutes of supervised instruction in subjects that will prepare an individual to begin practice as a licensed massage therapist in which the instructor is physically present with the students while teaching or providing instruction. For instructors at a supervised student clinic, “physically present” means on the premises where the clinic is being held.

(f)      “Supervised curriculum” means a massage therapy curriculum that meets the requirements of R 338.705 and is taught in a school as defined in section 17951(1)(e) of the code.

(g)       “Supervised student clinic” means practical instruction required as part of a supervised curriculum that consists of a student providing massages under the supervision of a licensed massage therapist to members of the public. For the purposes of this subdivision, “members of the public” means individuals who are not currently enrolled in the massage therapy student’s supervised curriculum.

History: 2012 AACS.