TITLE 16 OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
CHAPTER 7 MASSAGE THERAPISTS
PART 10 EXAMINATIONS
16.7.10.1 ISSUING
AGENCY: Regulation and
Licensing Department, Massage Therapy Board.
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16.7.10.1 NMAC - Rn & A, 16 NMAC 7.10.1, 06-28-01; A, 09-30-05]
16.7.10.2 SCOPE: This part applies to massage therapy
applicants for licensure.
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16.7.10.2 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 7.10.2, 06-28-01]
16.7.10.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY: This part is adopted pursuant to the
Massage Therapy Practice Act, NMSA 1978, Section 61-12C-13 and 61-1 2C-16.
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16.7.10.3 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 7.10.3, 06-28-01]
16.7.10.4 DURATION: Permanent.
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16.7.10.4 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 7.10.4, 06-28-01]
16.7.10.5 EFFECTIVE
DATE: July 28, 1996, unless a later date is cited
at the end of a section.
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16.7.10.5 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 7.10.5, 06-28-01; A, 09-30-05]
16.7.10.6 OBJECTIVE: This part is to
establish the examination requirements for massage therapy licensure.
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16.7.10.6 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 7.10.6, 06-28-01]
16.7.10.7 DEFINITIONS: [RESERVED]
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… 7-28-96; 16.7.10.7 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 7.10.7, 06-28-01; A, 09-30-05; A,
09-04-09]
[Refer
to 16.7.1.7 NMAC]
16.7.10.8 JURISPRUDENCE EXAMINATION:
A. All massage
therapy licensure applicants must successfully pass the board's open-book
jurisprudence examination.
(1) The
applicant will receive the jurisprudence examination with instructions from the
board office after the board office receives both the application and application
fee;
(2) To
complete the jurisprudence examination, the applicant will use the statute and
regulations received either from the board or which the applicant downloaded
from the board's website at www.rld.state.nm.us;
(3) The
applicant must pass the jurisprudence examination with a minimum score of
seventy percent (70%);
(4) The
applicant must return the completed jurisprudence examination to the board
office as required.
B. Applicants may retake the
examination as many times as necessary to achieve a passing grade.
C. The
jurisprudence examination shall not be reproduced or shared in any manner.
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09-30-05; A, 03-31-15]
16.7.10.9 LICENSING EXAMINATION:
A. Applicants for
massage therapy licensure must successfully pass either the national
certification examination for therapeutic massage and bodywork (NCETMB), the
national certification examination for therapeutic massage (NCETM) administered
by the national certification board for therapeutic massage and bodywork
(NCBTMB), or the massage and bodywork licensing examination (MBLEx) administered by the federation of state massage
therapy boards.
B. The candidate
must apply to take the NCETMB, NCETM or the MBLEx
examination and meet the examining agency’s requirements.
C. The applicant
must ensure that the examining agency sends the official examination results
directly to the board office.
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… 7-28-96; 16.7.10.9 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 7.10.9, 06-28-01; A, 09-30-05; A,
09-04-09]
16.7.10.10 PROCEDURES
TO RETAKE A LICENSING EXAMINATION: Applicants who fail
to pass the NCETMB, NCETM or the MBLEx examination
must apply directly to the examining agency to retake the examination.
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… 7-28-96; 16.7.10.10 NMAC - Rn & A, 16 NMAC 7.10.10, 06-28-01; A,
09-30-05; A, 09-04-09]
HISTORY
OF 16.7.10 NMAC:
Pre-NMAC
History: The material in this part was derived from
that previously filed with State Records Center and Archives under:
Rule
92-8, Examination Procedures, 3-26-92
Rule
92-8, Examination Procedures, 9-9-92
Rule
92-8, Examination Procedures, 11-19-92
Regulation
8, Examination Procedures, 1-5-94
History
of Repealed Material: [Reserved]