Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING › Chapter 246-830 - Massage therapists › EDUCATION › Section 246-830-440 - Curriculum-Academic standards-Faculty-Student clinic

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) The curriculum of the massage school,
				  massage program, or apprenticeship program must be designed and presented to
				  meet or exceed the required six hundred twenty-five hours completed in no fewer
				  than twenty-four weeks.
(2)
				  Academic standards. The massage school, massage program, or apprenticeship
				  program educator and trainer must regularly evaluate the quality of its
				  instruction and have a clearly defined set of standards of competence required
				  of its students. Promotion to each successive phase of the massage program and
				  graduation is dependent on mastery of the knowledge and skills presented in the
				  massage school, massage program, or apprenticeship program.
(3) Faculty. The massage school, massage
				  program, or apprenticeship program faculty must be qualified by training and
				  experience to give effective instruction in the subject(s) taught. Faculty
				  members who teach hands on courses must have a minimum of three-years
				  experience in the subject matter being taught. The massage school, massage
				  program, or apprenticeship program shall develop and evaluate the curriculum
				  instructional methods and facilities; student discipline, welfare, and
				  counseling; assist in the establishment of administrative and educational
				  policies, and scholarly and professional growth. A massage school, massage
				  program, or apprenticeship program shall not discriminate on the basis of sex,
				  gender, race, age, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender expression,
				  physical handicap, national or ethnic origin, or other basis prohibited by law
				  in the recruitment and hiring of faculty.
(4) Student clinic. Any setting in which a
				  student clinic occurs must be adequate in size, number, and resources to
				  provide for student practice of massage on the general public. A clinic must be
				  properly equipped rooms for consultations, massage therapy or treatment, and
				  equipment as required in the practice of massage. A faculty member who is a
				  massage therapist with at least three-years of experience in massage therapy
				  must provide direct supervision as a clinical supervisor, per WAC
				  246-830-420(1)(d),
				  and have final decisions in the massage treatment which is rendered to clients
				  or patients by students. A faculty member in the role of a clinical supervisor
				  must ensure a ratio of no less than one faculty member to no more than six
				  students who are actively performing massage.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						18.108.025(1). 95-11-108,
						§ 246-830-440, filed 5/23/95, effective 6/23/95. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						18.108.025. 92-15-153 (Order 291B), §
						246-830-440, filed 7/22/92, effective 8/22/92; 91-01-077 (Order 102B),
						recodified as § 246-830-440, filed 12/17/90, effective 1/31/91; 88-13-038
						(Order PM 739), § 308-51A-050, filed
						6/9/88.