California Code of Regulations › Title 5 - Education › Division 1 - California Department of Education › Chapter 21 - Private Postsecondary Education Instructions › Subchapter 3 - Standards for Evaluating the Institution › Article 3 - Institutions Approved Under Education Code Section 94311(d) › Section 18818 - Standards Applicable to Courses of Instruction in Massage

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Before the superintendent issues any approval of a course
						or courses of instruction in massage, the following standards shall, in
						addition to any other applicable standards established by Title 5, California
						Administrative Code, be met and maintained.
(a) A school of massage shall not permit
					 class or practice sessions of any type to continue later than 10:30 p.m. nor
					 start earlier than 7:00 a.m.
A school of massage shall not, at the same time, operate
						as a massage parlor or studio. However, a school of massage may be operated
						simultaneously with and in the same or a contiguous building with a massage
						studio or parlor, provided that the facilities of the school and studio or
						parlor are totally separate, clearly delineated and there is neither a sharing
						of any portion of those respective facilities nor a direct access between them.
						For purposes of this paragraph, each school shall file with the superintendent
						a combined detailed floor plan of the school and the massage studio or
						parlor.
A school of massage may share facilities with a massage
						studio or parlor at any time, provided that a school so sharing such facilities
						files with the superintendent a schedule of hours during which it offers
						classes or practice sessions of any kind, and posts such schedule at the school
						entrance in full view of anyone who enters. Classes and practice sessions shall
						not be held at any other time.
(b) Any owner, director, officer,
					 administrator, employee or student of a school, or any other person, is
					 prohibited from performing massage of any kind upon a member of the general
					 public while on the school premises. Students of the school may practice
					 massage only upon an instructor or other student. A "dummy" body maybe
					 used.
(c) Correspondence courses of
					 instruction or a combination of correspondence and residence courses of
					 instruction in massage shall not be approved.
(d) An application for approval shall include
					 evidence that a business license or signed statement of exemption has been
					 obtained by the school from the appropriate local authority.
(e) School records shall reflect actual and
					 verifiable attendance and progress in any massage course for its entire
					 length.
(f) A course of massage
					 shall not be approved for less than 100 hours of instruction, which shall
					 include, but not be limited to Anatomy, Physiology and Hygiene, Massage Theory
					 and History, Ethics of Massage, Business Practices, and a minimum of 75 hours
					 of Demonstration and Practice of Massage Techniques.
(g) No more than 50 percent of the total
					 hours of massage course may be granted for previous equivalent education or
					 training.
1.
						Renumbering of former Section
						18818 to Section
						18811, and renumbering of Section
						18829 to Section
						18818 filed 1-15-85; effective
						thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No. 3).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						  94305(b),
						  Education Code. Reference: Chapter 3 (commencing with Section
						  94300) of Part 59 of Division 10,
						  Title 3, Education Code.