Md. Code Regs. 10.65.01.07 - 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.
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