847 IAC 1-2-2 - General requirements
Authority: IC 25-21.8-2-9; IC 25-21.8-3-1
Affected: IC 25-1-11; IC 25-21.8
Sec. 2.
(a) A license
holder, in the conduct of the license holder's practice of massage therapy,
shall do the following:
(1) Comply with the
following:
(A) This rule.
(B) The professional licensing standards of
practice set forth in IC
25-1-11 and IC 25-21.8.
(C) The legal requirements of the city, town,
or other jurisdiction where massage therapy is practiced.
(2) Practice massage therapy within the scope
of the massage therapist's education and training and not misrepresent
professional qualifications relating to:
(A)
licensure;
(B) education;
(C) experience; and
(D) areas of competence.
(3) Practice massage therapy with that level
of care, skill, and treatment recognized by a reasonably prudent massage
therapist as being acceptable under similar circumstances and
conditions.
(4) Acknowledge the
limitations and contraindications of massage therapy.
(b) A license holder, in the conduct of the
license holder's practice of massage therapy, shall not do the following:
(1) Delegate massage therapy responsibilities
to a person who is not qualified.
(2) Encourage or permit another person to
use:
(A) the title "Certified Massage
Therapist", "Massage Therapist", "Licensed Massage Therapist", "Medical Massage
Therapist", "Clinical Massage Therapist", "Masseuse", "Masseur", "Bodyworker",
"Muscle Mechanic", or a similar term; or
(B) the abbreviation "CMT", "MT", "LMT",
"MMT", or other words, letters, abbreviations, or insignia to imply that the
individual is a licensed massage therapist or practices massage therapy;
if such person is not licensed under this article.
(3) Knowingly allow
another person to use the license holder's license.
(c) A license holder that advertises massage
therapy services in any medium, public or private, in a written, electronic,
televised, or audio form, shall do so in the following manner:
(1) The advertisement shall include:
(A) the massage therapist's name;
and
(B) the massage therapist's
license number.
(2) The
advertisement shall be:
(A)
accurate;
(B) free of
deception;
(C) free of fraud;
and
(D) representative of the
services that can be provided.
(d) If the massage therapist is providing
on-site massage therapy, the massage therapist will have in their possession a
copy of proof of licensure for presentation on demand.
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