.07 Required Massage Therapy Education and Training.

A. Classroom Training: LMTs.

(1) An applicant for a license to practice massage therapy shall provide documentation of having graduated with at least 750 hours of education in a Board-approved program for the study of massage therapy that includes the following areas of content:

(a) 100 hours in anatomy, physiology, and kinesiology;

(b) 200 hours in massage therapy theory;

(c) 50 hours in contraindications to massage therapy and pathology;

(d) 30 hours in professional ethics;

(e) 5 hours in health and hygiene;

(f) 5 hours in research;

(g) 175 hours in supervised hands-on techniques;

(h) 50 hours in clinical assessment and documentation;

(i) 35 hours in professional standards and business practices; and

(j) 100 hours in supervised clinical experience/practicum.

(2) Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) shall be included but does not count towards the 750-hour minimum.

(3) An applicant may attend more than one training institution, if the applicant graduates from a school requiring satisfactory completion of a minimum of 750 classroom hours in massage therapy education.

B. Classroom Training: RMPs.

(1) An applicant for a registration to practice massage therapy shall provide documentation of graduation from a Board-approved program of at least 600 hours for the study of massage therapy that includes the following areas of content:

(a) Anatomy, physiology, and kinesiology;

(b) Massage therapy theory;

(c) Contraindications and pathology;

(d) Professional ethics;

(e) Health and hygiene;

(f) Research;

(g) Supervised hands-on techniques; and

(h) Clinical assessment and documentation.

(2) Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) shall be included but does not count towards the 600-hour minimum.

(3) An applicant may attend more than one training institution, if the applicant graduates from a school requiring satisfactory completion of a minimum of 600 classroom hours in massage therapy education.

C. Education and Training in a Foreign Country.

(1) The Board may grant a license or registration to practice massage therapy to an applicant who completed an educational program in a foreign country if the applicant:

(a) Can demonstrate through a Board-approved certifying agency that the applicant's education and training were substantially equivalent to the requirements of §A of this regulation through a Board-approved certifying agency; and

(b) Meets the examination and other requirements of this chapter.

(2) The Board may interview an applicant under this section to determine whether the applicant's education and training meet the requirements of this chapter.

(3) An applicant shall arrange and pay for the professional translation into English of all documentation required under this chapter if the documentation is in a language other than English.