Section 3.01. Approved training program.

 

(1)  An individual applying for a license as a massage therapist or bodywork therapist who has not graduated from a school of massage therapy or bodywork therapy approved by the educational approval board shall submit an official transcript or other official documentation showing dates and total hours attended and a description of the curriculum completed establishing that he or she has completed an approved training program.

(2)  Credit may be granted for an approved training program regardless of when the program was completed.

(4)  In addition to satisfying the requirements of sub. (5) , an approved training program shall be one of the following:

(a) An associate degree program, or a technical diploma program in massage therapy or bodywork offered by a technical college established pursuant to s. 38.02 , Stats.

(b) A course of instruction in massage therapy or bodywork offered by a school accredited by an accrediting agency at the time the individual completes the course of instruction.

(5)  An approved training program shall consist of a minimum of 600 classroom hours of study and shall include the following subject areas:

(a) Anatomy, physiology, pathology, and kinesiology: 125 classroom hours.

(b) Business, law and ethics: 50 classroom hours, which shall include at least 6 classroom hours in the laws of this state and rules of the board relating to the practice of massage therapy or bodywork therapy required by s. MTBT 2.01 (3) (b) .

(c) Massage therapy or bodywork theory, technique, and practice: 300 classroom hours which shall include 100 classroom hours of supervised hands-on practice.

(d) Student clinic: 20 classroom hours.

(e) Adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and standard first aid: 5 classroom hours. The requirement of this paragraph may be alternatively satisfied as provided under s. MTBT 2.01 (3) (j) .

(f) Additional massage therapy or bodywork course offerings meeting the objectives of the course of instruction: 100 classroom hours.

Cr. Register, February, 1999, No. 518 , eff. 3-1-99; emerg. am. (1), (5) (e) and (f), r. and recr. (3) and (4), eff. 9-3-00; am. (1), (5) (e) and (f), r. and recr. (3) and (4), Register, January, 2001, No. 541 , eff. 2-1-01; correction in (3) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register, January, 2001, No. 541 ; CR 06-069 : am. (1), (2), (4) (intro.), (a), (b), (5) (intro.), (b), (d) and (e), r. (3), Register December 2006 No. 612 , eff. 1-1-07; correction in (5) (b), (e) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register November 2011 No. 671 ; correction in (5) (b), (e) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register August 2012 No. 680 ; CR 13-055 : am. (1), (5) (b) Register May 2014 No. 701 , eff. 6-1-14.