Rhode Island Code of Regulations
Title 216 - Department of health
Chapter 40 - Professional licensing and facility regulation
Subchapter 05 - Professional Licensing
Part 10 - Massage Therapists
Section 216-RICR-40-05-10.9 - The Practice of Massage

A. The license to practice massage authorizes the holder to engage in applying a scientific system of activity as defined herein and in accordance with the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 23-20.8.

B. Only individuals licensed in Rhode Island under the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 23-20.8 and this Part, shall practice massage and use the title "Massage Therapist." No person, firm, partnership or corporation shall describe its services in any manner under the title "massage" unless such services as defined hereunder are performed by a person licensed to practice massage. Only a person licensed under R.I. Gen. Laws §23 -20.8-3 and this Part as a massage therapist may use the title "massage therapist," "licensed massage therapist," and the abbreviation "LMT."

C. Licensed practitioners shall maintain and be governed by acceptable sanitary, safe and scientific standards of practice in accordance with National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB), Standards of Practice incorporated above by reference at § 10.2(A) of this Part.

D. Licensed practitioners shall conduct his or her professional activities in accordance with the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB), Code of Ethics incorporated above by reference at § 10.2(B) of this Part.