To be licensed by the department as a massage/bodywork therapist an individual:
(1) must be at least eighteen years of age and have received a high school diploma or graduate equivalency diploma;
(2) shall have completed a five hundred hour course of classroom study at an approved massage/bodywork school having a curriculum that meets the standards set forth in regulation by the department; and
(3) shall have received a passing grade on the National Certification Exam for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCETMB), National Certification Examination for Therapeutic Massage (NCETM), the Massage and Bodywork Licensing Examination (MBLEx), or any other examination provided for in regulation.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 387, Section 1; 2013 Act No. 41, Section 4, eff June 7, 2013.
Effect of Amendment
The 2013 amendment rewrote the section.