Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE
Division 2197 - Board of Therapeutic Massage
Chapter 4 - Apprenticeship
Section 20 CSR 2197-4.010 - Certified Mentor
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule outlines the requirements to be a certified mentor.
(1) For the purpose of this regulation "certified mentor" shall mean a licensed massage therapist, approved by the board, to provide a board-approved apprenticeship training program. An "apprentice" shall be defined as any person enrolled in a board-approved apprenticeship training program.
(2) Any person desiring to be a certified mentor shall submit an application, provided by the board, and applicable fee along with evidence documenting at least five (5) years professional practice in massage therapy with an average of four hundred fifty (450) hours per year of massage teaching and/or massage practice hours. Documentation may include, but is not limited to, a combination of the following:
(3) Upon board approval of the apprenticeship training program, the certified mentor shall represent the program as, "approved to operate by the Missouri Board of Therapeutic Massage" on all advertisements, publications, and solicitations.
*Original authority: 324.240, RSMo 1998, amended 1999, 2008 and 324.245, RSMo 1998, amended 1999, 2003, 2006.