Section 338.705. Supervised curriculum; massage therapists; requirements.

Rule 5. (1) A supervised curriculum shall include, at a minimum, both of the following:

(a)     Five hundred hours of classroom instruction as defined in R 338.701(e).

(b)     Courses or coursework that includes all of the following:

(i)      Two hundred hours of massage and bodywork assessment, theory, and application instruction.

(ii)      One hundred twenty-five hours of instruction on the body systems, which includes anatomy, physiology, and kinesiology.

(iii)     Forty hours of pathology.

(iv)          Ten  hours   of  business,  professional  practice,  and  ethics  instruction,  with   a minimum of 6 hours in ethics.

(v)         One hundred twenty-five hours of instruction in an area or related field, as determined by the school, that completes the massage therapy program of study, which shall include a minimum of 40 hours performing massage therapy services in a supervised student clinic supervised by a licensed massage therapist.

(2)        A supervised curriculum shall use only classroom instruction as defined in R 338.701(e) to meet the requirements of subrule (1)(b)(i) and (v) of this rule.

(3)      A supervised curriculum may use online courses, or courses combining classroom instruction and online instruction, to meet the subject requirements of subrule (1)(b)(ii), (iii), or (iv) of this rule. An online course, or any part of a course that is taught online, shall not be accepted or applied towards the 500 hours of classroom instruction required in subrule (1)(a) of this rule.

(4)      Any supervised curriculum that meets the requirements of this rule qualifies as a massage therapy curriculum approved by the board.

History: 2012 AACS.