Section 12 AAC 79.210 - Continuing education requirements(a) Each biennial licensing period, an applicant for renewal of a massage therapy license shall complete(1) not less than 16 continuing education credits completed between the beginning of the concluding licensing period and the time of application, two of which must be in ethics; and(2) a cardiopulmonary resuscitation course as required under 12 AAC 79.200.(b) An applicant for renewal may receive two hours of continuing education credit for completion of a hands-on cardiopulmonary resuscitation course through the American Red Cross, American Heart Association, American Safety and Health Institute, or an equivalent organization, as determined by the board.(c) Continuing education must be completed through (1) an approved massage school;(2) a regionally or nationally accredited institution of higher education; a course, seminar, workshop, or other program through that institution must be approved by the board as directly related to the skills and knowledge required for the practice of massage therapy; or(3) a local, state, or national professional organization that serves the massage therapy profession, including (A) Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals;(B) the American Massage Therapy Association;(C) the Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards; or(D) the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork.(d) An applicant for renewal is responsible for maintaining adequate and detailed records of all continuing education hours claimed and shall make the records available to the board upon request under 12 AAC 79.220. Records must be retained for four years from the date the contact hours were obtained.(e) An applicant for renewal may receive three continuing education credits for attending at least 75 percent of a regularly scheduled board meeting once every biennial licensing period.(f) An applicant for renewal who has been licensed more than 90 days but less than 12 months of the concluding biennial license period is not required to submit an attestation of having satisfied continuing education requirements, as required under 12 AAC 79.200(b).(g) For the purposes of this section, (1) one continuing education credit equals one hour of classroom instruction between instructor and participant;(2) one academic semester credit equals 15 contact hours; and(3) one academic quarter credit equals 10 contact hours.Eff. 5/28/2016, Register 218, July 2016; am 7/15/2016, Register 219, October 2016; am 7/5/2017, Register 223, October 2017; am 4/17/2019, Register 230, April 2019; am 3/25/2020, Register 233, April 2020; am 6/6/2021, Register 238, July 2021; am 5/26/2023, Register 246, July 2023; am 7/26/2024, Register 251, October 2024Authority:AS 08.61.020
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