Nevada Administrative Code|Section 640C.052 - License to practice massage therapy: Requirements for recognition of program by Board

                                                
 640C.052. License to practice massage therapy: Requirements for recognition of program by Board 
 
The Board will recognize a program of massage therapy pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 3 of NRS 640C.400, if the program requires its pupils to complete a minimum of 550 hours of instruction in the following courses before receiving a certificate evidencing successful completion of the program:
 
1. At least 125 hours of instruction in the body's systems, including, without limitation, anatomy, physiology and kinesiology;
 
2. At least 220 hours of instruction which is taken in a classroom setting with hands-on instruction in assessment, theory and application instruction, which must include at least 80 hours in clinical instruction;
 
3. At least 40 hours of instruction in pathology;
 
4. At least 40 hours of instruction in business or ethics or a combined total of at least 40 hours of instruction in business and ethics; and
 
5. At least 125 hours of instruction in other courses of massage therapy in a classroom setting with hands-on instruction.
 
Added to NAC by Bd. of Massage Therapists by R108-17AP, eff. 2-27-2018; A by R040-18, 6-26-2018
 
NRS 640C.320, 640C.400