Current through Bulletin 2024-24, December 15, 2024
Under Subsections
58-47b-302(4)(a)(iv),
58-47b-302(4)(b),
and 58-47b-302(5)(d),
the following standards are established for a massage assistant in-training
education and training program:
(1)
Under Subsections
58-47b-102(6),
58-47b-302(5)(d),
and 58-47b-501(1)(a),
a massage assistant in-training may engage in the supervised practice of
limited massage therapy as defined in Subsection
58-47b-102(9),
but may not engage in the practice of massage therapy as defined in Subsection
58-47b-102(10).
(2) A supervision massage therapist and a
massage assistant in-training may begin their education and training program
after:
(a) the supervision massage therapist
has submitted with the massage assistant in-training's license application the
curriculum content outline and list of resource materials to be used;
(b) the massage assistant in-training is
licensed as a massage assistant in-training; and
(c) the Division has approved the supervising
massage therapist.
(3) A
massage therapist may not serve as a supervising massage therapist if:
(a) the massage therapist's license has been
disciplined for unlawful or unprofessional conduct within five years of the
start of the massage assistant in-training education and training program;
or
(b) unless otherwise approved by
the Division in collaboration with the Board, one or more of the supervising
massage therapist's previous massage assistants in-training has not passed the
Utah Massage Assistant Theory, Law, and Rule Examination.
(4) Under Subsection
58-47b-302(4)(b),
a supervising massage therapist shall train the massage assistant in-training
for a total of at least 300 hours as follows:
(a) under Subsection
58-47b-302(4)(b)(i)(B),
at least 150 hours of education and training under the direct supervision of
the supervising massage therapist, by face-to-face instruction in the following
areas while the supervising massage therapist and massage assistant in-training
are present in the same room:
(i) anatomy and
physiology - 40 hours;
(ii)
pathology - 20 hours;
(iii) massage
theory - 10 hours;
(iv) massage
techniques including the five basic Swedish massage strokes - 40
hours;
(v) hands-on instruction in
the areas in Subsections
58-47b-102(9)(a)(ii) through (vi) - 30 hours;
(vi) professional standards, ethics, and
business practices -5 hours;
(vii)
sanitation and universal precautions, including CPR and first aid - 5 hours;
and
(b) under Subsection
58-47b-302(4)(b)(ii)(B),
at least 150 hours of education and training under the indirect supervision of
the supervising massage therapist, by the massage assistant in-training
performing at least 150 hours of massage client services on the public while
the supervising massage therapist:
(i) has
given prior written or verbal instructions to the massage assistant
in-training;
(ii) is present in the
facility where the massage assistant in-training is performing the massage
client services, and may, but need not be, present in the room where the
massage assistant in-training is performing the massage client services;
and
(iii) is available to provide
immediate face-to-face communication with the massage assistant in-training as
necessary.
(5)
The massage assistant in-training shall follow the curriculum content outline
and use the resource materials as submitted by their supervising massage
therapist.
(6) Under Subsection
58-47b-302(6)(a),
unless otherwise approved by the Division in collaboration with the Board:
(a) a supervising massage therapist shall
serve as the sole supervisor for their massage assistant in-training, and may
not allow another massage therapist to supervise that massage assistant
in-training; and
(b) a massage
therapist may not supervise a massage assistant in-training who is under the
supervision of another massage therapist.
(7) A supervising massage therapist and
massage assistant in-training shall:
(a)
under Section
58-47b-306, display a conspicuous
sign near the workstation stating "Massage Assistant In-Training";
(b) keep a daily record that includes:
(i) the number of hours of education and
training completed; and
(ii) the
number of hours of massage client services performed;
(c) make massage assistant in-training
education and training and work history records available to the Division upon
request;
(d) verify the massage
assistant in-training's completion of their education and training on a form
available from the Division;
(e) if
the massage assistant in-training program is terminated, notify the Division
within ten working days on a Notice of Disassociation form available from the
Division; and
(f) ensure that the
massage assistant in-training performs massage client services only on the
public, and performs the other hands-on instruction or practice on a massage
assistant in-training, a massage assistant, or the supervision massage
therapist.
(8) If a
massage assistant in-training fails the Utah Massage Assistant Theory, Law, and
Rule Examination three times:
(a) the
supervising massage therapist shall:
(i) with
the massage assistant in-training, meet with the Board at the next appropriate
meeting;
(ii) explain to the Board
why the massage assistant in-training cannot pass the examination;
and
(iii) provide to the Board a
plan of study in the appropriate subject matter to help the massage assistant
in-training pass the examination; and
(b) if the Division and Board approve, the
massage assistant in-training shall again be eligible to take the Utah Massage
Assistant Theory, Law, and Rule Examination.
