North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 21 - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS › Chapter 30 - MASSAGE AND BODYWORK THERAPY › Section .0700 - CONTINUING EDUCATION › Section 30 .0702 - CONTINUING EDUCATION DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
The following definitions apply to this Section:
(1) Continuing education -- Learning
				experiences that develop, maintain, enhance, and expand the performance skills,
				interpersonal abilities, critical reasoning skills, ethical reasoning skills,
				knowledge, and attitudes of massage and bodywork therapists that enable them to
				render competent professional service to clients, the profession, and the
				public.
(2) Distance learning --
				Courses taken by home study that are produced by an approved provider, whether
				delivered by videotape, audiotape, printed materials, or computer-based means.
				The licensee shall demonstrate achievement of learning objectives and
				completion of course requirements to the provider before credit is
				given.
(3) One "contact hour" of
				continuing education -- At least 50 minutes of any one clock hour during which
				the student participates in a learning activity in the physical presence of an
				instructor, or in a distance learning activity designed by an approved
				provider. One semester credit hour at a post-secondary institution shall be
				equivalent to 21 contact hours.
(4)
				Professional ethics -- A system of conduct guided by principles that are
				intended to ensure the safe and effective practice of massage and bodywork
				therapy. Acceptable subject matter for required professional ethics courses may
				include: compliance with the Practice Act and Rules of the Board, management of
				the client/therapist relationship, boundary functions, professional
				communication skills, conflict resolution, cultural diversity issues, and
				standards of practice.
(5) Business
				management -- Courses that enable licensees to learn business skills to apply
				to their practice.
(6) Post
				secondary institution of higher learning - A degree granting institution
				accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department
				of Education.
(7) Approved provider
				-- One that has been approved by any entity with which the Board has reached a
				contractual agreement for the approval of continuing education providers and
				courses. A list of accrediting entities with which the Board has entered into a
				contractual agreement is available on the Board's website at www.bmbt.org. The
				provider shall have this designation when the course begins and shall maintain
				this designation continuously until the course is completed. The Board shall
				not recognize any retroactive designation of provider approval. The provider
				shall follow all regulations set forth by its accrediting agency. The Board may
				also recognize a continuing education provider outside the United States or its
				territories that is a post-secondary institution of higher learning approved by
				the educational regulation authority of that foreign country.
Authority
				  G.S.
				  90-626(9);
				  90-630.5;
Temporary
				  Adoption Eff. February 15, 2000;
Eff. April 1, 2001;
Amended Eff. April 1, 2005;
Pursuant to
				  G.S.
				  150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
				  substantive public interest Eff. November 12, 2014;
Amended Eff.
				  November 15, 2019; November 1, 2015.