Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 18.240 - Animal Massage Therapists.
18.240.030 - Certification requirements.

RCW 18.240.030
Certification requirements.

The secretary shall issue a certificate to any applicant who demonstrates that the following requirements have been met:
(1) Successful completion of a training program approved by the secretary that includes three hundred hours of instruction in general animal massage techniques, kinesiology, anatomy, physiology, behavior, first aid care, and handling techniques as follows:
(a) For a certificate to practice animal massage on large animals, the three hundred hours of specialized instruction must be related to the performance of animal massage on large animals; and
(b) For a certificate to practice animal massage on small animals, the three hundred hours of specialized instruction must be related to the performance of animal massage on small animals; and
(2) Successful completion of a competency evaluation, approved by the secretary, in either large animal massage or small animal massage, or both.

[ 2007 c 70 § 4.]

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