New Mexico Administrative Code

This part is to establish the standards against which the required professional conduct of a massage therapist is measured. Each licensee will be governed by this part whenever providing massage therapy services in a professional context. A violation of this part is sufficient re…

(Refer to 16.7.17 NMAC).

A. Competence: Each licensee and applicant shall: (1) limit practice and instruction to the areas of competence in which proficiency has been gained through education, training, and experience and refer clients to other health professionals when appropriate; (2) acknowledge the l…

Regulation and Licensing Department, Massage Therapy Board.

This part applies to licensees, registrants, and applicants for licensure and registration.

This part is adopted pursuant to the Massage Therapy Practice Act, Section 61-12C-20 NMSA 1978.

Permanent.

November 15, 2019, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

This part is to establish the required fees for application, examination, licensure, registration, renewal, reactivation of a license, duplicate/replacement license or certificate, verification of licensure or registration, and such other fees as determined by the board.

(Refer to 16.7.1.7 NMAC).

A. Massage therapist: (1) Application: $75.00. (2) Initial license: Pro-rated at $5.00 per month of initial license term. (3) Temporary license: $25.00. (4) Expedited license: Pro-rated at $5.00 per month of initial license term. (5) Biennial renewal: $125.00. (6) Late renewal pe…

Regulation and Licensing Department, Massage Therapy Board.

A. Age: The applicant must be 18 years of age or older on the date the application is submitted. B. Pre-requisite education: The applicant must have completed high school or its equivalent. C. Application fee: The applicant must pay the required application-processing fee as set …

The applicant for licensure by examination as a massage therapist must have graduated from a massage therapy school approved to operate as a private post-secondary educational institution or its equivalent. A. Out-of-state or multiple schools: The applicant who has graduated from…

The applicant for licensure by examination must have completed at least the 650 hour minimum curricula of massage therapy training. The massage therapy training must meet the following minimum curriculum requirements: A. one hundred sixty five (165) hours minimum of anatomy and p…

A. The following circumstances require that the applicant's massage school(s) submit a completed "form A for massage school" to the board office along with an official transcript and proof that the massage therapy school(s) is/was approved to operate as a private post-secondary e…

If an applicant has attended a massage therapy training program that is not a registered massage therapy school or provides proof of completion of elective courses that falls under the "other" category in Paragraph (11) of Subsection D of 16.7.4.12 NMAC, the course(s) will be rev…

Any document submitted in a foreign language must be accompanied by an accurate translation in English. A. each translated document must bear the affidavit of the certified translator attesting to it being a true and complete translation of the original document; B. the affidavit…

A license issued one time only for a maximum period of three months to practice massage therapy while the application for permanent license is in process, and which may only be issued to applicants who have never sat for a licensing examination. A. Qualifications for temporary li…

The applicant must meet all the requirements set forth in 16.7.4.10 through 16.7.4.15 NMAC, in addition to the following requirements: A. Jurisprudence examination: The applicant for permanent licensure must successfully pass the board's jurisprudence examination as set forth in …

A. Expiration or withdrawal of application: The application for licensure expires as follows and all previously paid fees will be forfeited if:(1) the applicant fails to complete all requirements for temporary or permanent licensure within one year from the date the applicant's a…

Initial licenses, including initial licenses issued to applicants for expedited licensure by credentials, shall be issued for a period of up to two years, depending on when in the renewal cycle the initial license is issued, in order to schedule the license to renew on October 31…

This part applies to applicants for licensure.

While performing massage therapy the, licensee must display their current license to practice massage therapy in a conspicuous place of their practice location or place of their business.

It is the licensee's responsibility to provide written notification to the board of any changes in addresses, phone numbers, and practice location(s) within 30 days in order that renewal notices and other correspondence from the board will be received by the licensee in a timely …

In accordance with the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, Sections 14-16-1 through 14-16-21 NMSA 1978, the board or its designee will accept electronic application. A. A person seeking licensure as a New Mexico massage therapist or registrant may do so by submitting an electron…

A. Convictions for any of the following offenses, or their equivalents in any other jurisdiction, are disqualifying criminal convictions that may disqualify an applicant from receiving or a licensee retaining a license issued by the board: (1) homicide or manslaughter; (2) kidnap…

These rules are promulgated pursuant to the Massage Therapy Practice Act, Sections 61-12C-1 to -28 NMSA 1978.

Permanent.

March 14, 2023, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

The objective of Part 4 is to promote, preserve and protect the public health, safety and welfare by regulating and setting professional standards for applicants for licensure by examination and temporary licensure.

(Refer to 16.7.1.7 NMAC).

A. Massage therapists: A person must be licensed by the board in order to legally provide or offer to provide massage therapy as defined in 16.7.1.7 NMAC; or to use the title or represent themselves to be a massage therapist; or to use any other title, abbreviations, letters, fig…

A. The following are exempted from licensure by the board pursuant to the Massage Therapy Practice Act:(1) qualified members of other recognized professions that are licensed or regulated under New Mexico law when rendering services within the scope of their licenses or regulatio…

Regulation and Licensing Department, Massage Therapy Board.

A. Qualifications of all instructors must be documented and maintained on the premises of the registered massage therapy school. B. Massage therapy school registrations will be renewed yearly. C. Registered massage therapy schools will comply with 16.7.2 NMAC, Professional Conduc…

Massage therapy school registrations issued by the board are not transferable. Any change in the business designation of a massage therapy school may have the legal effect of attempting to transfer the registration and of operating without a legal registration. A. Any of the foll…

All instructors providing hands-on massage therapy instruction within a registered massage therapy school's minimum curricula shall A. hold a valid massage therapist license in New Mexico; B. have completed at least 50 contact hours of instructional experience of professional tea…

A. All massage therapy schools shall provide to the board, both in initial applications for registration and as part of each renewal thereafter, a list of all instructors providing hands-on massage therapy instruction within their minimum curricula. B. As part of an initial appli…

Registered massage therapy schools may utilize persons to assist massage therapy instructors within the minimum curricula in providing instruction to massage therapy students working toward obtaining their massage therapy license. Such persons shall be considered teaching assista…

This part applies to applicants for a massage therapy school registration, and to registered massage therapy schools.

This part is adopted pursuant to the Massage Therapy Practice Act, Subsections B and F of Section 61-12C-8 NMSA 1978, and Section 61-12C-10 NMSA 1978.

Permanent.

November 15, 2019 unless a later date is cited at the end of section.

This part is to establish the minimum application requirements for massage therapy schools, and to establish the standards for registered massage therapy schools.