Florida Administrative Code
64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
64B7 - Board of Massage Therapy
Chapter 64B7-23 - MASSAGE THERAPY PRACTICE
Section 64B7-23.001 - Definitions
Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024
(1) "Patient" means any person presenting as a client to receive massage therapy treatment.
(2) "Health goal" means the desired overall progressive improvement in the patient's condition as stated by the patient.
(3) "Treatment goal" means the desired improvement in the patient's condition arising from specific massage therapy treatment, as stated by the patient.
(4) "Treatment plan" means a written document describing:
(5) "Massage therapy assessment" or "assessment" means the determination of the course of massage therapy treatment as an ongoing, systematic process of gathering patient information which is made:
(6) "Massage therapy treatment" or "treatment" means massage therapy performed on a patient which employs techniques, modalities or skills determined by assessment to be appropriate for the patient.
(7) "Indication" means evidence that a proposed massage therapy treatment is likely to have a positive impact on the condition of the patient.
(8) "Contraindication" means evidence that a proposed massage therapy treatment may pose a health risk to the patient or may have a negative impact on their condition.
(9) "Drape" means an inviolable barrier applied to the body of a patient for massage therapy treatment that is of a sufficient size to provide the patient with personal privacy, security and warmth, such as a hospital gown, sheet, blanket, towel or clothing.
(10) "Draping" means the act of applying a drape or drapes to the patient's body for massage therapy treatment. Appropriate draping includes coverage of the genitalia, groin, femoral triangle, anus, buttocks, gluteal cleft, and breasts at all times unless the patient gives specific informed consent to be undraped and written specific informed consent is noted in the patient's treatment plan.
(11) "Place of practice" means any place in which a massage therapist provides massage therapy treatment to a patient. For the purposes of reporting place of practice pursuant to Section 456.035, F.S., a therapist may use:
Rulemaking Authority 480.035(7) FS. Law implemented 456.035(7), 480.033(10), 480.033(12), 480.046(1)(o) FS.
New 2-1-22.