Current through August 26, 2024
(1) The board may
issue a temporary license to an applicant to practice massage therapy and
bodywork therapy who meets the criteria under s.
460.05,
Stats., and who has completed all of the following:
(a) Submits a completed application for
licensure and a completed application for a temporary license.
(b) Remits the fee specified in s.
440.05(1),
Stats.
(c) Has successfully
completed an educational program as defined in s.
MTBT 3.01.
(d)
Has not previously failed an examination required in s.
460.06, Stats.,
unless the applicant has subsequently passed the failed examination.
(e) Has passed the state board statutes and
rules examination.
(2)
(a) Practice during the period of temporary
license shall be under the supervision of a licensed massage therapist or
bodywork therapist, at the level of general supervision or as necessary to
avoid unacceptable risk of harm to the client. The supervising massage
therapist or bodywork therapist is responsible for determining the level of
supervision necessary to avoid unacceptable risk of harm to the client.
(am) A person holding a temporary
license shall meet face-to-face with the supervising massage therapist or
bodywork therapist as necessary to ensure that the temporary licensee performs
competently, including creation and maintenance of records as required in s.
MTBT 5.02(8).
(b) The temporary licensee shall provide each
client the name, contact information, and license number for the supervising
massage therapist or bodywork therapist responsible for supervision of the
temporary licensee.
(c) Prior to
commencing any health care service, a temporary licensee shall obtain written
informed consent of all clients. The informed consent documentation shall
include, in addition to other requirements, an acknowledgement that the
temporary licensee is not fully credentialed and that the client has been
provided the information required by par. (b).
(3)
(a) A
temporary license expires 6 months after the date of issuance or when the
department provides notice that the temporary licensee has failed or passed the
examination required by s.
460.06, Stats.,
whichever is first.
(am) A
temporary license shall not be renewed.
(b) No person shall be issued more than one
temporary license in any 365-day period.
(4) For purposes of the board's disciplinary
authority, the supervising massage therapist or bodywork therapist is
responsible for the acts of the temporary licensee under supervision. The board
may discipline the supervising massage therapist or bodywork therapist and the
temporary licensee for any acts or omissions of the temporary licensee in
violation of any state or federal statute, rule, regulation, or order of the
board or of the medical examining board.
(5) Temporary licensees shall use the title
massage therapy temporary licensee or bodywork therapy temporary
licensee.
