TITLE
16 OCCUPATIONAL AND
PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
CHAPTER 7 MASSAGE THERAPISTS
PART 11 CONTINUING EDUCATION
16.7.11.1 ISSUING AGENCY:
Regulation and Licensing Department, Massage Therapy Board.
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16.7.11.1 NMAC - Rn & A, 16 NMAC 7.11.1, 06-28-01; A, 06-24-05]
16.7.11.2 SCOPE: This part applies to
licensed massage therapists.
[5-30-96;
16.7.11.2 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 7.11.2, 06-28-01]
16.7.11.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
This part is adopted pursuant to the Massage Therapy Practice Act,
Section 61-12C-17.
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16.7.11.3 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 7.11.3, 06-28-01]
16.7.11.4 DURATION: Permanent.
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16.7.11.4 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 7.11.4, 06-28-01]
16.7.11.5 EFFECTIVE DATE:
May 30, 1996, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.
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16.7.11.5 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 7.11.5, 06-28-01; A, 06-24-05]
16.7.11.6 OBJECTIVE:
This part is to establish the continuing education requirements and
procedures, to ensure that licensed massage therapists and massage therapy instructors
provide the highest quality professional service. Therefore, licensees should engage in
education activities that foster this objective.
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16.7.11.6 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 7.11.6, 06-28-01]
16.7.11.7 DEFINITIONS:
[RESERVED]
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16.7.11.7 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 7.11.7, 06-28-01; A, 06-24-05; A, 09-30-05; A,
09-04-09]
[Refer to 16.7.1.7 NMAC]
16.7.11.8 GENERAL PROVISIONS: The board does not maintain a list of
continuing education providers. The
licensee or registrant must determine where to obtain the required continuing
education.
A. Massage therapy
licensees: As a condition for
license renewal, each massage therapist licensed pursuant to the Massage
Therapy Practice Act will be required to complete sixteen (16) hours of
continuing education of which up to eight (8) hours can be taken on-line. All technique courses must be hands on and
shall not be taken on-line as cited
in Subsection C of 16.7.1.9 NMAC and Paragraph (2) of Subsection A of
16.7.11.10 NMAC.
(1) Continuing
education must be completed within the twenty-four (24) months immediately
preceding the renewal date of October 31;
(2) Excess
hours cannot be carried over to future renewals;
(3) Continuing
education taken prior to the twenty-four (24) month period will not be
accepted;
(4) Each
licensee will maintain documentation of all completed continuing education,
including contact information for the continuing education providers.
B. Instructor registrants: Effective starting with the October 31, 2017
renewal cycle. In addition to the
requirements for renewal of their massage therapy license, each registered
massage therapy instructor will be required to complete sixteen (16) hours of
continuing education, eight (8) of which must consist of the knowledge, skills
and abilities of teaching adult learners.
Eight (8) hours may be taken on-line.
All technique courses must be hands on and shall not be taken on-line as cited in Subsection C of 16.7.1.9 NMAC and
Paragraph (2) of Subsection A of 16.7.11.10 NMAC.
(1) Continuing
education must be completed within the twenty-four (24) months immediately
preceding the renewal date of October 31;
(2) Excess
hours cannot be carried over to future renewals;
(3) Continuing
education taken prior to the twenty-four (24) month period will not be
accepted;
(4) Each
registrant will maintain documentation of all continuing education completed,
including contact information for the continuing education providers.
C. Audit
process: The board will audit
continuing education to verify compliance.
(1) A
minimum of ten percent (10%) of renewing licensees and registrants will be
randomly selected for audit;
(2) Audit
requests may be included in the renewal notice;
(3) Licensees
and registrants not selected for audit are only required to list the continuing
education they completed on their renewal applications;
(4) The
board may audit any licensee or registrant’s continuing education records at
any time before the next scheduled license/registration renewal;
(5) Audited
licensees or registrants who fail to provide the requested continuing education
documentation are not eligible for license/registration renewal.
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16.7.11.8 NMAC - Rn & A, 16 NMAC 7.11.8, 06-28-01; A, 06-24-05, A,
09-30-05; A, 03-31-15]
16.7.11.9 CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR MASSAGE THERAPISTS:
A. The board will accept the
following types of continuing education which contribute directly to the
licensee’s massage therapy practice:
(1) courses,
seminars, workshops and classes in areas related to the practice of massage
therapy such as: massage, bodywork, allied health care, psychology, anatomy,
physiology, business, insurance, movement therapy, stress management, yoga,
CPR, and first aid;
(2) courses
of study offered by registered massage therapy schools; massage therapy
instructors; massage, bodywork, or allied healthcare professional
organizations, NCBTMB continuing education providers, and accredited colleges
and universities; or
(3) publishing an article relating to massage therapy in a
local, regional, or national publication, no more than twelve (12) hours of
continuing education credit shall be granted in any renewal period. The number
of continuing education hours shall be determined by the massage therapy board;
in the interim the board’s chair or authorized representative of the board may
grant the continuing education hours and then be ratified at the next regular
meeting of the massage therapy board.
B. Ethics requirement: All massage therapists shall be required to
complete a minimum of four (4) hours of ethics training as part of the sixteen
(16)-hour requirement for each renewal period.
Ethics courses must be taken from individuals or institutions listed in
16.7.11.9 NMAC.
C. Technique courses must be hands
on and shall not be taken on-line.
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16.7.11.9 NMAC - Rn & A, 16 NMAC 7.11.9, 06-28-01; A, 06-24-05; A,
09-04-09; A, 03-31-15]
16.7.11.10 CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR
MASSAGE THERAPY INSTRUCTORS:
A. The board will
accept the following types of continuing education which contribute directly to
the registrants’ massage therapy practice and instructional knowledge, skills
and abilities.
(1). courses,
seminars, workshops and classes in areas related to andragogy such as: class
presentation techniques, class materials preparations, communications skills,
research, cultural diversity, and counseling;
(2). courses
of study offered by registered massage therapy schools, NCBTMB providers, registered massage therapy instructors, massage,
bodywork, or allied health care professional organizations; accredited colleges
and universities. All technique courses
must be hands on and shall not be taken on-line; or
(3). publishing
an article relating to massage therapy in a local, regional, or national
publication; no more than twelve (12) hours of continuing education credit
shall be granted in any renewal period.
The
number of continuing education hours shall be determined by the massage therapy
board; in the interim the board’s chair or authorized representative of the
board may grant the continuing education hours and then be ratified at the next
regular meeting of the massage therapy board.
B. A minimum of eight (8) hours of continuing education for massage therapy instructors must consist of the knowledge, skills and abilities of teaching adult learners.
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NMAC - N, 06-28-01; A, 06-24-05; A, 09-04-09; A, 03-31-15]
HISTORY OR 16.7.11 NMAC:
Pre-NMAC History: The material in this part was derived from
that previously filed with State Records Center and Archives under:
Rule
10, Continuing Education, 9-3-93
History of Repealed Material: [Reserved]