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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07" citation="COMAR 10.65.01.07" title_num="10" subtitle_num="65" chapter_num="01" heading="Required Massage Therapy Education and Training.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Classroom Training: LMTs.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>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:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>100 hours in anatomy, physiology, and kinesiology;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>200 hours in massage therapy theory;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>50 hours in contraindications to massage therapy and pathology;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>30 hours in professional ethics;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>5 hours in health and hygiene;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>5 hours in research;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>175 hours in supervised hands-on techniques;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>50 hours in clinical assessment and documentation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(i)">
        <text>35 hours in professional standards and business practices; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(j)">
        <text>100 hours in supervised clinical experience/practicum.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) shall be included but does not count towards the 750-hour minimum.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>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.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Classroom Training: RMPs.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>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:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Anatomy, physiology, and kinesiology;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Massage therapy theory;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Contraindications and pathology;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Professional ethics;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Health and hygiene;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Research;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Supervised hands-on techniques; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>Clinical assessment and documentation.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) shall be included but does not count towards the 600-hour minimum.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>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.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Education and Training in a Foreign Country.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>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:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>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</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Meets the examination and other requirements of this chapter.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The Board may interview an applicant under this section to determine whether the applicant's education and training meet the requirements of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>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.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>