Alabama Administrative Code › Title 532 - ALABAMA BOARD OF MASSAGE THERAPY › Chapter 532-X-6 - CONTINUING EDUCATION › Section 532-X-6-.01 - Continuing Education Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) Every massage therapist licensed by the
			 Board must complete 16 hours of continuing education within the 24 months
			 preceding the date of renewal of licensure, from providers of courses approved
			 by the Board, as a condition for renewing the license to practice massage
			 therapy.
(2) The licensee is
			 required to maintain in the licensee's files, for at least four years, the
			 certificates or other documents evidencing completion of the approved
			 continuing education courses.
(3)
			 The licensee must inform the Board, on the application for license renewal, of
			 the licensee's compliance with the continuing education requirement. Failure to
			 do so will result in denial of renewal of licensure.
(5) Upon notification of the licensee that
			 his or her continuing education credits are being audited, the licensee shall
			 send by registered mail to the Board the documents or certificates evidencing
			 his or her completion of the approved continuing education courses. In the
			 event the documentation is not then available to the licensee (as a result of
			 storage in moving, fire, or other catastrophic or like circumstance), without
			 fault on his or he part, the licensee shall so notify the Board by sworn
			 affidavit under notary seal, and shall give the Board a list of the dates,
			 topics, locations, and providers of the approved continuing education
			 courses.
(6) Massage therapists
			 cannot repeat continuing education courses within four (4) years.
(7) Each licensed massage therapist will have
			 there certification attached to their name/license number that can be viewed by
			 the public (clients).
(8) Audit of
			 continuing education. The Board will conduct a mandatory random audit of, at
			 least, ten (10) percent of renewal applications for the most recent renewal
			 period. The audit is to ensure that the continuing education requirement is
			 being met.
(a) A massage therapist whose
			 renewal is selected for audit is required to send verification of his/her
			 continuing education to the Board office within thirty (30) days of the date of
			 the audit notice. The Board will review the records and respond to the
			 individuals with a statement of compliance or non-compliance.
(b) Non-compliance. In the case of
			 non-compliance with continuing education requirements, the audited licensed
			 massage therapist will have a one (1) month compliance period to meet
			 continuing education requirements. During the one (1) month compliance period,
			 the Board may initiate a complaint citing the licensee with failure to meet
			 continuing education requirements in question. Failure to meet continuing
			 education requirements within the one (1) month compliance period may result in
			 formal disciplinary action by the board.
(c) Licensed massage therapists audited for
			 licensure renewal will be subject to random audit selections in subsequent
			 renewal periods. Successful selection for audit review will not remove a
			 licensed massage therapist from audit review in any subsequent renewal
			 period.