Utah Admin. Code 156-47b-302d

Current through Bulletin 2025-01, January 1, 2025

Section R156-47b-302d - Massage Assistant-in-Training Education and Training Standards

Under Subsections 58-47b-302(4)(a)(iv), 58-47b-302(4)(b), and 58-47b-302(5)(d), the following standards are established for a massage assistant in-training education and training program:

(1) Under Subsections 58-47b-102(6), 58-47b-302(5)(d), and 58-47b-501(1)(a), a massage assistant in-training may engage in the supervised practice of limited massage therapy as defined in Subsection 58-47b-102(9), but may not engage in the practice of massage therapy as defined in Subsection 58-47b-102(10).

(2) A supervision massage therapist and a massage assistant in-training may begin their education and training program after:

(a) the supervision massage therapist has submitted with the massage assistant in-training's license application the curriculum content outline and list of resource materials to be used;

(b) the massage assistant in-training is licensed as a massage assistant in-training; and

(c) the Division has approved the supervising massage therapist.

(3) A massage therapist may not serve as a supervising massage therapist if:

(a) the massage therapist's license has been disciplined for unlawful or unprofessional conduct within five years of the start of the massage assistant in-training education and training program; or

(b) unless otherwise approved by the Division in collaboration with the Board, one or more of the supervising massage therapist's previous massage assistants in-training has not passed the Utah Massage Assistant Theory, Law, and Rule Examination.

(4) Under Subsection 58-47b-302(4)(b), a supervising massage therapist shall train the massage assistant in-training for a total of at least 300 hours as follows:

(a) under Subsection 58-47b-302(4)(b)(i)(B), at least 150 hours of education and training under the direct supervision of the supervising massage therapist, by face-to-face instruction in the following areas while the supervising massage therapist and massage assistant in-training are present in the same room:

(i) anatomy and physiology - 40 hours;

(ii) pathology - 20 hours;

(iii) massage theory - 10 hours;

(iv) massage techniques including the five basic Swedish massage strokes - 40 hours;

(v) hands-on instruction in the areas in Subsections 58-47b-102(9)(a)(ii) through (vi) - 30 hours;

(vi) professional standards, ethics, and business practices -5 hours;

(vii) sanitation and universal precautions, including CPR and first aid - 5 hours; and

(b) under Subsection 58-47b-302(4)(b)(ii)(B), at least 150 hours of education and training under the indirect supervision of the supervising massage therapist, by the massage assistant in-training performing at least 150 hours of massage client services on the public while the supervising massage therapist:

(i) has given prior written or verbal instructions to the massage assistant in-training;

(ii) is present in the facility where the massage assistant in-training is performing the massage client services, and may, but need not be, present in the room where the massage assistant in-training is performing the massage client services; and

(iii) is available to provide immediate face-to-face communication with the massage assistant in-training as necessary.

(5) The massage assistant in-training shall follow the curriculum content outline and use the resource materials as submitted by their supervising massage therapist.

(6) Under Subsection 58-47b-302(6)(a), unless otherwise approved by the Division in collaboration with the Board:

(a) a supervising massage therapist shall serve as the sole supervisor for their massage assistant in-training, and may not allow another massage therapist to supervise that massage assistant in-training; and

(b) a massage therapist may not supervise a massage assistant in-training who is under the supervision of another massage therapist.

(7) A supervising massage therapist and massage assistant in-training shall:

(a) under Section 58-47b-306, display a conspicuous sign near the workstation stating "Massage Assistant In-Training";

(b) keep a daily record that includes:

(i) the number of hours of education and training completed; and

(ii) the number of hours of massage client services performed;

(c) make massage assistant in-training education and training and work history records available to the Division upon request;

(d) verify the massage assistant in-training's completion of their education and training on a form available from the Division;

(e) if the massage assistant in-training program is terminated, notify the Division within ten working days on a Notice of Disassociation form available from the Division; and

(f) ensure that the massage assistant in-training performs massage client services only on the public, and performs the other hands-on instruction or practice on a massage assistant in-training, a massage assistant, or the supervision massage therapist.

(8) If a massage assistant in-training fails the Utah Massage Assistant Theory, Law, and Rule Examination three times:

(a) the supervising massage therapist shall:

(i) with the massage assistant in-training, meet with the Board at the next appropriate meeting;

(ii) explain to the Board why the massage assistant in-training cannot pass the examination; and

(iii) provide to the Board a plan of study in the appropriate subject matter to help the massage assistant in-training pass the examination; and

(b) if the Division and Board approve, the massage assistant in-training shall again be eligible to take the Utah Massage Assistant Theory, Law, and Rule Examination.

Utah Admin. Code R156-47b-302d

Repealed by Utah State Bulletin Number 2022-01, effective 12/27/2021

Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2024-01, effective 12/28/2023