20 CSR 2197-2.010 - Application for Licensure
(1) A person who seeks licensure as a massage
therapist and has completed either six hundred twenty-five (625) clock hours of
massage therapy training in an apprenticeship with a certified mentor and has
successfully passed an examination approved by the board or massage therapy
studies consisting of at least six hundred twenty-five (625) clock hours of
supervised instruction from a Coordinating Board of Higher Education (CBHE)
certified school, Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
(DESE) approved vocational program or school, or school, college, university,
or other institution of higher learning in the United States accredited by a
regional accrediting commission recognized by the United States Department of
Education or an equivalent approving body for out-of-state applicants, shall be
at least eighteen (18) years of age and shall submit the following:
(A) A completed notarized application and
application fee;
(B) Two (2) sets
of fingerprints for the purpose of conducting a criminal background check by
the Missouri State Highway Patrol and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Any fees due for a fingerprint background check shall be paid by the applicant
directly to the Missouri State Highway Patrol or its approved
vendor(s);
(C) Official evidence of
completing six hundred twenty-five (625) clock hours of massage therapy
training in an apprenticeship with a certified mentor or an official final
transcript showing successful completion of a massage therapy program to be
submitted directly to the board office from the certified mentor or massage
therapy program which includes -
1. The
applicant's name;
2. Date of
enrollment;
3. Date of completion;
and
4. Documentation that the
massage therapy program consisted of at least six hundred twenty-five (625)
clock hours of supervised instruction which consisted of -
A. At least three hundred (300) clock hours
dedicated to massage theory and practice techniques provided directly by the
certified mentor or an instructor within a massage therapy program. An
instructor for massage theory and practice techniques or certified mentor shall
document at least two (2) years of massage therapy practice and either be
licensed as a massage therapist in this state or be licensure eligible, based
upon board review of the instructor's credentials.
(I) An instructor of kinesiology or pathology
within the massage therapy program shall submit verification of education
and/or experience in kinesiology or pathology instruction and licensure as a
massage therapist or licensure eligibility is not required;
B. At least one hundred (100) clock hours
dedicated to the study of anatomy and physiology provided by one (1) of the
following:
(I) The certified mentor who must
hold an associate, bachelor, or advanced degree in a science-related field from
a college, university, or other institution of higher learning in the United
States accredited by a regional accrediting commission recognized by the U.S.
Department of Education that includes a course of study in anatomy and
physiology. Such degrees include but are not limited to physical therapy,
chiropractic, osteopathy, medicine, nursing, chemistry, or biology;
(II) A school, college, university, or other
institution of higher learning in the United States accredited by a regional
accrediting commission recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, a
massage therapy program approved by the Missouri CBHE, or an out-of-state
school approved by an agency equivalent to the Missouri CBHE;
(III) The certified mentor who must have
earned at least fifteen (15) semester hours or twenty-five (25) quarter hours
in science or science-related courses from a college, university, or other
institution of higher learning in the United States accredited by a regional
accrediting commission recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. All
course work must have a passing grade and at least eight (8) semester hours or
fifteen (15) quarter hours of the course of study shall be in anatomy and
physiology. For the purpose of this regulation a semester hour is equivalent to
fifteen (15) clock hours and a quarter hour is equivalent to ten (10) clock
hours;
(IV) An instructor within a
massage therapy program who must hold an associate, bachelor, or advanced
degree in a science-related field that includes a course of study in anatomy
and physiology. Such degrees include but are not limited to physical therapy,
chiropractic, osteopathy, medicine, nursing, chemistry, or biology from a
college, university, or other institution of higher learning in the United
States accredited by a regional accrediting commission recognized by the U.S.
Department of Education; or
(V) An
instructor within a massage therapy program who must have earned at least
fifteen (15) semester hours or twenty-five (25) quarter hours in science or
science-related courses from a college, university, or other institution of
higher learning in the United States accredited by a regional accrediting
commission recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. All course work must
have a passing grade and at least eight (8) semester hours or fifteen (15)
quarter hours of the course of study shall be in anatomy and physiology. For
the purpose of this regulation a semester hour is equivalent to fifteen (15)
clock hours and a quarter hour is equivalent to ten (10) clock
hours;
C. At least fifty
(50) clock hours dedicated to business practice, professional ethics, hygiene,
and massage law in the state of Missouri provided by a certified mentor or an
instructor within a massage therapy program with documented
experience/education in a related field;
D. At least fifty (50) clock hours dedicated
to ancillary therapies provided by a certified mentor or an instruc-tor(s)
within a massage therapy program with documented experience/education in a
related field. The fifty (50) clock hours shall include at a minimum
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid provided by an instructor who
holds the respective instructor certification; and
E. Applicants for licensure shall have
completed no less than six hundred twenty-five (625) clock hours. Hours may be
completed in any combination identified in subsection (1)(C) as long as the
minimum number of hours are met in each category;
and
(D) Evidence
of passing one of the following:
1. National
Certification Examination for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCETBM) as
administered by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and
Bodywork or its successor organization;
2. National Certification Examination for
Therapeutic Massage (NCETM) as administered by the National Certification Board
for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork or its successor organization;
3. Asian Bodywork Therapy (ABT) Examination
as administered by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and
Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM);
4. The
American Medical Massage Association National Board Certification Examination
(AMMA NBCE) administered as of 2006;
5. Massage and Bodywork Licensing Examination
(MBLEx) as administered by the Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards or
its successor organization; or
6.
An examination deemed appropriate by the board;
(E) An applicant completing a massage therapy
program consisting of less than six hundred twenty-five (625) clock hours of
supervised instruction from a Missouri Coordinating Board of Higher Education
(CBHE) approved school, Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary
Education (DESE) approved vocational program or school, college, university, or
other institution of higher learning in the United States accredited by a
regional accrediting commission recognized by the United States Department of
Education or an equivalent approving agency for out-of-state schools, or who
has completed a massage therapy program deficient in clock hours according to
20 CSR
2197-2.010(1)(C) 4.A.-D. may complete
deficiencies at either a Missouri CBHE approved school, DESE approved
vocational program, mentorship approved by the board, or school, college,
university, or other institution of higher learning in the United States
accredited by a regional accrediting commission recognized by the United States
Department of Education, or an out-of-state school approved by an agency
equivalent to CBHE; and
(F) For the
purpose of 20 CSR 2197-2.010, a clock hour
is defined as fifty (50) minutes of instruction and the course of instruction
meeting the educational requirements for licensure shall not be provided via
correspondence course, audiotape, videotape, or other electronic means unless
approved by the board.
(2)
A person applying for licensure based upon licensure in another state,
territory, or the District of Columbia shall submit the following:
(A) A completed notarized application and
application fee;
(B) Two (2) sets
of fingerprints for the purpose of conducting a criminal background check by
the Missouri State Highway Patrol and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Any fees due for a fingerprint background check shall be paid by the applicant
directly to the Missouri State Highway Patrol or its approved
ven-dor(s);
(C) Verification of
licensure, to be submitted to the board office from the state, territory, or
the District of Columbia's license authority that includes:
1. License issue and expiration date;
and
2. Complaints, prior or pending
investigations, or disciplinary action on the license.
(3) If the board determines a
state, territory, or the District of Columbia licensure requirements are not
substantially the same, the applicant may qualify for licensure by meeting the
requirements of section
324.265, RSMo, and this
rule.
(4) The board may review a
person's educational credentials prior to application for licensure upon
receiving a written request to the board. The person requesting the education
review shall be responsible for providing official transcripts and paying the
required fee.
Notes
*Original authority: 324.240, RSMo 1998, amended 1999, 2008; 324.243 RSMo 1998, amended 1999, 2001, 2008; 324.245, RSMo 1998, amended 1999, 2003, 2006; 324.265, RSMo 1998, amended 1999, 2006, 2008; 324.267, RSMo 1998, amended 1999; and 324.270, RSMo 1998, amended 2006.
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