Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS › Chapter 84 - MASSAGE THERAPY › Subchapter 6 - APPRENTICES › Section 16-84-23 - Requirements for apprentices

Current through June, 2024
(a) The
				apprenticeship program shall consist of not less than five hundred seventy
				hours and the applicant shall successfully complete a cardiopulmonary
				resuscitation training program. The first one hundred fifty hours shall be
				academic and shall not have a time period and shall be completed before the
				practical training. The course of study shall be as listed in subsection (i)(1)
				and (2).
(b) The applicant shall
				submit an application for apprenticeship training to the board with the
				certificates of completion of all required courses as listed in subsection
				(i)(1) and (2).
(c) A letter of
				agreement from the sponsoring massage therapist as outlined in section 16-84-8
				shall be attached to the application.
(d) The remaining four hundred twenty hours
				shall constitute the beginning of the practical phase of the apprenticeship
				program. A permit shall be issued upon verification of the application for
				apprenticeship training.
(e) The
				apprenticeship training shall begin upon the approval of the apprentice
				application by the board.
(f) The
				apprenticeship program shall be of not less than six nor more than twelve
				months duration from the date of issuance of the permit. Extension may be
				granted by the board for unusual or special circumstances.
(g) No person may undergo an apprenticeship
				training program without a permit.
(h) Upon completion of the apprenticeship
				training, the applicant is not required to undergo another apprenticeship
				training.
(i) The academic course
				of study shall be as follows:
(1) Not less
				than fifty hours of anatomy, physiology, and structural kinesiology;
(2) Not less than one hundred hours of theory
				and demonstration of massage which shall include:
(A) The proper procedure in massaging
				(concerning the protection of both client and massage therapist);
(B) Record keeping;
(C) Hygiene;
(D) Theory;
(E) Technique for specific
				conditions;
(F) Contraindications
				of massage for specific techniques according to conditions;
(G) Draping; and
(H) Assessment of the client's condition and
				the general technique to be applied.
The requirements of subsection (i)(1) and (2) shall be
				  taught by a school which is licensed by the state department of education, the
				  University of Hawaii or other institutions approved by the board. The courses
				  outlined in subsection (i)(1) and (2) may be obtained through workshops given
				  by a massage therapist who has been licensed for at least three years and who
				  has received approval from the board. The request for such an approval shall
				  include: subject to be taught; when; where; by whom; and the duration of the
				  workshop. The request for a workshop shall be submitted to the board for
				  approval not less than sixty days before the commencement of each workshop. All
				  courses that are completed as outlined in subsection (i)(1) and (2) shall be
				  properly certified and a certificate of successful completion shall be issued
				  by the school or an approved massage workshop.