• “Employer” means a person seeking to obtain individuals to perform services, tasks, or labor for which a salary, wage, or other compensation or benefits are to be paid. • “FSMTB” means the Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards. • “License” means the document, issued by the Board, which authorizes a person to practice massage and bodywork therapies pursuant to N.J.S.A. 45:11-53 et seq. and 45:11-68 et seq. • “Licensee” means any person who holds a license from the Board as a massage and bodywork therapist. • “Massage and bodywork therapies” or “massage and bodywork” means systems of activity of structured touch offered or provided to the public that includes holding, applying pressure, positioning, and mobilizing soft tissue of the body by manual technique and use of visual, kinesthetic, auditory, and palpating skills to assess the body for purposes of applying therapeutic massage or bodywork principles. Such application may include the use of therapies such as heliotherapy or hydrotherapy, the use of moist, hot, and cold external applications, explaining and describing myofascial movement, self- care, and stress management as it relates to massage and bodywork therapies. Massage and bodywork therapy practices are designed to affect the soft tissue of the body, including practices of structured touch of the soft tissues that affect energy fields of the body, for the purpose of promoting and maintaining the health and well-being of the client. Massage and bodywork therapies do not include the diagnosis of illness, disease, impairment, or disability. • “NCBTMB” means the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork. • “NCCAOM” means the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. substantially meets the requirements of the New Jersey Department of Education, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development or the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education; 3. Proof that the applicant has successfully passed the written examination offered by the FSMTB, NCBTMB or NCCAOM; 4. A completed Criminal History Certification of Authorization form; 5. Proof that the applicant has current certification in iii. The New Jersey Commission on Higher Education; or iv. An agency of another state which American Red Cross, the National Safety Council, Coyne First Aid, Inc., the American Safety and Health Institute, EMP International Inc., or EMS Safety Services Inc.; and 6. The application fee set forth in N.J.A.C. 13:37A- 7.1. e) A course of study in massage and bodywork therapy of at least 500 hours shall include: 1. At least 90 hours of anatomy/physiology/ pathophysiology; 2. Ethics and Law; 3. Theory and Practice (in-class instruction as to massage and bodywork theory and modalities and CPR, Firstaid, and use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) from courses offered by the American Heart Association or a substantially similar course approved or offered by the
3) Licensed, certified or registered to practice massage and bodywork therapy in another state or the District of Columbia if that person is performing massage and bodywork therapy in this State for 45 days or less in a calendar year and no more than 30 days in any 60 consecutive day period; 4) Manipulating the soft tissue of the human body contained on hands, feet or ears, as long as the client receiving such services does not remove any clothing other than shoes or socks; 5) A teacher who is demonstrating massage and bodywork techniques while teaching a class or workshop. If such a teacher is a resident of a state or possession of the United States which requires a license in order to practice massage and bodywork therapies, or is a resident of the District of Columbia, he or she shall be licensed in that state or possession or in the District of Columbia; and 6) Using touch, words and directed movement to deepen awareness of existing patterns of movement in the body, or to suggest new possibilities of movement provided that these services are not designated or implied to be massage and bodywork therapy and the client receiving such services is fully clothed. 13:37A-1.2 DEFINITIONS The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meaning: • “Act” means the Massage and Bodywork Therapist Licensing Act, N.J.S.A. 45:11-53 et seq. and 45:11-68 et seq. • "Board" means the New Jersey Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy. Subchapter 2. Licensure 13:37A-2.1 APPLICATION FOR LICENSURE a) An applicant for licensure shall qualify for licensure by: 1. Successfully completing a course of study of at least 500 hours in massage and bodywork therapies; and 2. Successfully passing either: i. An examination offered by NCBTMB; ii. The NCCAOM Asian Bodywork Therapy examination; or iii. The Massage and Bodywork Licensing Examination (MBLEx) offered by the FSMTB. b) An applicant shall have completed the course of study required by (a) above no more than five years prior to submitting an application for licensure to the Board. A course of study completed more than five years prior to submission shall not qualify an applicant for licensure. c) An applicant shall have completed the course of study required by (a) above no more than five years prior to submitting an application for licensure to the Board. A course of study completed more than five years prior to submission shall not qualify an applicant for licensure. d) An individual who applies for a license shall submit to the Board: 1. A completed application; 2. An official transcript, which indicates that the
applicant has completed an associate degree in massage and bodywork or a course of study outlined in (d) below from a school accredited or approved by: i. The New Jersey Department of Education; ii. The New Jersey Department Labor and Workforce Development;
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