Wisconsin Administrative Code
Massage Therapy and Bodywork Therapy Affiliated Credentialing Board
Chapter MTBT 2 - Application
Section MTBT 2.01 - Application for a license
Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง MTBT 2.01
Current through February 26, 2024
An applicant for a license to practice massage therapy or bodywork therapy shall submit all of the following to the board:
(1) An application on a form provided by the board.
Note: Application forms are available upon request to the Department of Safety and Professional Services at (608) 266-2112, dsps@wisconsin.gov, or at the Department's website at http://dsps.wi.gov.
(2) The fee required under s. 440.05(1), Stats.
(3) Evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant meets all of the following requirements:
(a) Has graduated from a school of massage
therapy or bodywork therapy approved by the department of safety and
professional services at the time of the applicant's graduation or completed an
approved training program under s.
MTBT
3.01.
Note: A list of approved schools is available upon request to the Department of Safety and Professional Services at (608) 266-2112 or dsps@wisconsin.gov.
(b)
Has successfully completed at least 6 classroom hours of study in the laws of
this state and rules of the board relating to the practice of massage therapy
or bodywork therapy in a course of instruction offered by any of the following:
1. A school of massage therapy or bodywork
therapy approved by the department of safety and professional services, whether
or not the course of instruction was completed to meet a requirement for
graduation.
2. An approved training
program under s.
MTBT
3.01, whether or not the training program is completed
by the applicant for purposes of satisfying par. (a) .
3. A school that, at the time the course of
study is completed, has approval or accreditation that is in good standing from
one of the following:
a. An accrediting agency
under s.
MTBT 1.02(1)
(a) whose recognition by the United States
department of education is current.
Note: A list of recognized accrediting agencies is available from the United States Department of Education's website at www.ed.gov.
b. An accrediting agency under s.
MTBT 1.02(1)
(b) that is located in the same state or
territory in which the school is located and whose criteria for approval of
schools is substantially equivalent, as determined by the board, to the
criteria under s.
SPS
404.04.
4. A technical college established pursuant
to s.
38.02,
Stats.
(c) Is 18 years of
age or older.
(d) Has graduated
high school or attained high school equivalency as determined by the department
of public instruction under s.
115.29(4),
Stats.
(e) Has not been convicted
of an offense under s.
940.22,
940.225,
944.15,
944.17,
944.30,
944.31,
944.32,
944.33,
944.34,
948.02,
948.025,
948.08,
948.085,
948.09,
948.095
or
948.10,
Stats., or a comparable offense under federal law or a law of any other
state.
(f) Subject to ss.
111.321,
111.322
and
111.335,
Stats., has not been convicted of any other offense not listed in par. (e), the
circumstances of which substantially relate to the practice of massage therapy
or bodywork therapy.
(g) Has passed
one of the following examinations:
1. The
Massage and Bodywork Licensing Examination offered by the Federation of State
Massage Therapy Boards.
2. The
Board Certification Examination for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork offered by
the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and
Bodywork.
3. The National
Certification Examination for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork offered prior to
February 1, 2015, by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage
and Bodywork.
4. The National
Certification Examination for Therapeutic Massage offered prior to February 1,
2015, by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and
Bodywork.
5. The Asian Bodywork
Therapy Examination offered prior to December 31, 2012, by the National
Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.
6. An examination relating to the practice of
massage therapy or bodywork therapy that is administered by a national board
that is accredited by the National Commission for Certifying
Agencies.
7. An examination that is
substantially equivalent, as determined by the board, to an examination under
subds. 1. to 5.
(h) Has
passed an examination on laws and administrative rules governing massage
therapy or bodywork therapy in this state.
(i) Has in effect as a policyholder and
insured, malpractice liability insurance coverage in an amount that is not less
than $1,000,000 per occurrence and $1,000,000 for all occurrences in one
year.
(j) Has successfully
completed a course consisting of 5 classroom hours in adult cardiopulmonary
resuscitation and standard first aid if the 5 classroom hours are not part of
the course of study or approved training program completed by the applicant for
purposes of meeting the requirement under par. (a) .
(k) Has current proficiency in the use of an
automated external defibrillator achieved through instruction provided by an
individual, organization, or institution of higher education approved under s.
46.03(38),
Stats., to provide the instruction.
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