The adoption document will include amendments based on comments on the proposed rules or will respond to comments and recommendations that are not incorporated into the final document. The proposed rule change affecting Reiki is below, with the changes in the wording listed in red . Massage therapy - The manipulation of soft tissue. Massage therapy may include the use of oil, salt glows, heat lamps, hot and cold packs, or tub, shower, or cabinet baths. Equivalent terms for massage therapy are massage, therapeutic massage, massage technology, myo-therapy, body massage, body rub, or any derivation of those terms.
Massage therapy is a health care service when the massage is for therapeutic purposes.
The terms 'therapy' and 'therapeutic' do not include diagnosis, the treatment of illness or disease, or any service or procedure for which a license to practice medicine, chiropractic, physical therapy, or podiatry is required by law. Massage therapy does not constitute the practice of chiropractic. Massage therapy includes any discipline not otherwise regulated by the state which practices manipulation of soft tissue including reflexology, Rolfing, Shiatsu, Tellington Touch on humans, and the Trager' approach. Massage therapy does not include Therapeutic Touch and Reiki. Healing Request Center - 2000 Sacred Path Reiki.