Section 338.711. Application for license based on professional membership, experience, examination or education; requirements.

An applicant for a massage therapist license under section 17959(3) of the code shall submit the required fee and a completed application on a form provided by the department within 2 years of the effective date of this rule. In addition to meeting the requirements of the code and these rules, an applicant shall meet the requirement in R 338.709(1)(a) and satisfy 1 of the following requirements:

(a)        Have possessed active membership in 1 of the following national professional massage therapy associations for at least 1 year before January 9, 2009:

(i)     American massage therapy association.

(ii)     American medical massage association.

(iii)     Associated bodywork and massage professionals.

(iv)     American massage council.

(v)     International myomassethics federation.

(vi)     Any national professional massage therapy association that meets the requirements of section 17959(3)(a) of the code.

(b)     Have practiced massage therapy for an average of not less than 10 hours per week for 5 years or more, as established by affidavit of the applicant.

(c)      Have practiced massage therapy for an average of not less than 10 hours per week for not less than 3 years, as established by affidavit of the applicant, and successfully completed not less than 300 hours of formal training in massage therapy. For the purposes of this rule, “300 hours of formal training in massage therapy” means 300 hours of coursework in massage therapy that was successfully completed in a school or schools as defined in section 17951(1)(e) of the code. The 300 hours of coursework shall consist of a minimum of 40 hours in pathology and 6 hours in ethics; the remaining hours shall be in any combination of hours in the curriculum subject areas listed in R 338.705(1)(b). In addition, the coursework shall comply with the following, as applicable:

(i)      Coursework in the subject areas listed in R 338.705(1)(b)(i) and (v) was provided using only classroom instruction as defined in R 338.701(e).

(ii)        Coursework in the subject areas listed in R 338.705(1)(b)(ii), (iii), or (iv) was provided using classroom instruction as defined in R 338.701(e), online courses, or courses combining classroom instruction and online instruction.

(d)    Have passed an examination approved by the board under R 338.713.

(e)     )  Have successfully completed either of the following:

(i)       A supervised curriculum that meets the requirements approved by the board under R 338.705.

(ii)     A supervised curriculum that meets the requirements of R 338.715(1)(a). History: 2012 AACS.