New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 7 - MASSAGE THERAPISTS
Part 11 - CONTINUING EDUCATION
Section 16.7.11.9 - CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

Universal Citation: 16 NM Admin Code 16.7.11.9

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024

A. The board will accept, towards a licensee's continuing education requirements, courses, seminars, workshops, or classes in an area related to the practice of massage therapy. This includes, but is not limited to:

(1) massage;

(2) bodywork;

(3) health care;

(4) psychology;

(5) anatomy and physiology;

(6) business;

(7) insurance;

(8) ethics;

(9) professional development;

(10) movement therapy;

(11) stress management; and

(12) exempt modalities as defined by Section 61-12C-5.1 NMSA 1978.

B. The board will also accept, towards a licensee's continuing education requirements, a licensee's publication of an article relating to massage therapy in a local, regional, or national publication. No more than 12 hours of continuing education credit shall be granted in any given renewal period for the publication of such an article. The number of continuing education hours shall be determined by the massage therapy board, provided that in the interim the board's staff may grant the continuing education hours to then be ratified at the next regular meeting of the board.

C. All massage therapists shall be required to complete a minimum of four hours of ethics training as part of the 16-hour requirement for each renewal period.

D. All massage therapists shall be required to complete a minimum of eight hours of live, in-person training as part of the 16-hour requirement for each renewal period.

E. Continuing education courses are the responsibility of every massage therapy licensee, and it is the obligation of each licensee to comply with these rules. A licensee's lack of knowledge as to whether a continuing education course was previously approved by the board will not be a valid justification or defense for a licensee's failure to comply with continuing education requirements.

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