Alabama Administrative Code › Title 532 - ALABAMA BOARD OF MASSAGE THERAPY › Chapter 532-X-3 - LICENSURE PROCESS AND REQUIREMENTS › Section 532-X-3-.03 - Application And License

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1)
			 The Board shall adopt and make available an application form. On the return of
			 the form the Board by the applicant, the form shall remain the property of the
			 Board. The Board will notify the applicant that their application was received
			 and is pending approval. No application received by facsimile will be
			 accepted.
(2) Two color photographs
			 of the applicant must accompany the application, two by two inches in size,
			 taken within the previous six months, showing a frontal view of the applicant's
			 head and shoulders.
(3) All
			 applications must be submitted in English, type or printed in black
			 ink.
(4) In the event that a school
			 submits an official transcript or approved documents in lieu of official
			 transcripts that are not in the English language, the documents must be
			 translated into English by the school by means of a translator who appends a
			 sworn affidavit certifying that the translation is a true, correct and complete
			 translation of the original document, and that the translator is competent in
			 both English and the language of the document. Where an applicant causes the
			 school to submit an official transcript which is not in English or translated
			 into English as set forth above, and the Board notifies the applicant of the
			 lack of translation, the applicant may request the Board to allow him or her to
			 provide a certified and sworn translation at his or her own expense.
(5) A massage therapist licensed in the State
			 of Alabama shall carry professional and general liability insurance with an "A"
			 rated or better insurance carrier in the amount of at least one million dollars
			 ($1,000,000), and shall give evidence of coverage or application for this
			 coverage with the application for licensure or renewal of license, or at any
			 other time the Board may request.
(6) After consideration of the application
			 and supporting documents, the Board shall issue a license to each person
			 qualified as a massage therapist, a license to each qualified massage
			 establishment, or a license to each person qualified as a massage therapy
			 instructor. To be qualified for licensure as a massage therapist, an applicant
			 shall have successfully completed the educational requirements and passed the
			 examinations provided for in these rules, or shall have met the alternative
			 requirements found in Section
			 34-43-9(2), (3), or
			 (4),
Code of Ala.
			 1975
, and shall have given evidence of insurance coverage or
			 application for coverage as stated above. Such massage therapy license grants
			 all professional rights, honors and privileges relating to the practice of
			 massage therapy.
(7) Each licensed
			 massage therapist and massage therapy instructor shall publicly display his or
			 her license. Each licensed massage therapy establishment shall post in plain
			 and public view its license, and cause the licenses of each massage therapist
			 who practices in the establishment to be publicly displayed, either as a group
			 or individually.
(8) A license
			 issued by the Board to a massage therapist, a massage therapy instructor, or
			 massage therapy establishment remains the property of the Board and shall be
			 surrendered upon demand of the Board.
(9) A change of name of the individual
			 massage therapist or massage therapy instructor, or the name or ownership of a
			 massage therapy establishment must be reported to the Board within 30 days. A
			 ten-dollar ($10) fee shall be charged for a license to be issued in the new
			 name, and this fee should be submitted with the notice of name change, by money
			 order, or by cashiers or certified check.
(10) The Board registers massage therapy
			 schools, however, such registration shall not be construed as a license to
			 practice massage therapy in regard to any instructor or student at the
			 registered school. Each instructor must be individually licensed.
Author:
Keith E. Warren
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §
										34-43-9.