| (a) To be eligible for a Massage Therapist license
an applicant must:
(1) submit a completed application on a department-approved
form;
(2) pay the fee required under §117.100;
(3) be at least 18 years of age;
(4) ensure that a certified transcript or other acceptable
record of all relevant course work is submitted to the department;
(5) provide proof of successfully passing the required
exam;
(6) provide proof of successfully passing the jurisprudence
exam;
(7) successfully pass a criminal history background
check performed by the department in accordance with the Act, the
department's criminal conviction guidelines, and pursuant to Texas
Occupations Code, Chapters 51 and 53; and
(8) satisfactorily complete massage therapy studies
in a minimum 500-hour department approved course at a licensed massage
school in which includes at least:
(A) 200 hours of massage therapy techniques and theory
and the practice of manipulation of soft tissue, with at least 125
hours of Swedish massage therapy techniques;
(B) 50 hours of anatomy;
(C) 25 hours of physiology;
(D) 50 hours of kinesiology;
(E) 40 hours of pathology;
(F) 20 hours of hydrotherapy;
(G) 45 hours of massage therapy laws and rules, business
practices and professional ethics;
(H) 20 hours of health, hygiene, first aid, universal
precautions, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); and
(I) 50-hour internship program.
(b) Unless otherwise indicated, an applicant for licensure
as a massage therapist must submit all required information and documentation
of credentials on department-approved forms.
(c) If the application is incomplete, the department
will send a notice listing any additional materials required to complete
the application.
(d) In the event that a deficiency is present in course
work, the applicant may have up to one year to complete additional
course work acceptable to the department; otherwise, the application
may be voided.
(e) A criminal history check performed under this subsection
requires an applicant for a license to submit a complete and legible
set of fingerprints, on a form prescribed by the department, to the
department or to the Department of Public Safety for the purpose of
obtaining criminal history record information from the Department
of Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(f) The department may not issue a license to a person
who does not comply with the requirements of this section.
(g) The department shall conduct a criminal history
record information check of each applicant for a license using information:
(1) provided by the individual under this section;
and
(2) made available to the department by the Department
of Public Safety, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and any other
criminal justice agency under Chapter 411, Government Code.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §117.20 adopted to be effective November 1, 2017, 42 TexReg 4991; amended to be effective May 1, 2018, 43 TexReg 2406; amended to be effective February 1, 2020, 45 TexReg 543; amended to be effective April 1, 2021, 46 TexReg 2003 |
