New Mexico Statutes
Article 12C - Massage Therapy Practice
Section 61-12C-10 - Requirements for registration of massage therapy schools. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)

A. The board shall establish by rule procedures for the registration of massage therapy schools and shall register massage therapy schools that meet the requirements of the Massage Therapy Practice Act and rules adopted by the board pursuant to that act.
B. The board shall establish minimum standards of training and curriculum for massage therapy schools. Massage therapy schools shall provide an educational program that includes a minimum of six hundred fifty hours of training and shall include instruction in:
(1) anatomy;
(2) physiology;
(3) massage therapy;
(4) business;
(5) hydrotherapy;
(6) first aid;
(7) cardiopulmonary resuscitation; and
(8) professional ethics.
History: Laws 1991, ch. 147, § 10; 1993, ch. 173, § 9; 1999, ch. 240, § 9.
Delayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-12C-28 NMSA 1978.
The 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, substituted "Requirements for registration of massage therapy schools" for "Approved massage therapy schools registration" in the section heading; in Subsection A, substituted "procedures for the registration" for "procedures for approval", and added "and rules adopted by the board pursuant to that act"; in Subsection B, deleted "approved training programs and for approved" in the first sentence, deleted "At a minimum, approved" and substituted "Massage therapy schools shall provide an educational program that includes a minimum of six hundred fifty hours of training and" for "At a minimum, approved massage therapy schools shall provide training programs that include a minimum of three hundred hours of training. This"; and deleted former Subsections C and D, relating to board establishment of a list of approved massage therapy schools and annual registration with the board.
The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, added current Subsection A; redesignated former Subsection A as Subsection B and inserted the paragraph designations in that subsection; rewrote the first and second sentences of former Subsection B as present Subsection C and designated the final sentence of former Subsection B as Subsection D; and deleted "and the commission on higher education" at the end of Subsection D.

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