Section 172-81-009 - UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCTUnprofessional conduct is set out in Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 38-179, 38-1714, and these regulations and includes:
(A) Providing services for which he or she is not trained or experienced;(B) Willfully or intentionally committing any act which endangers client safety or welfare;(C) Encouraging or promoting massage therapy by untrained or unqualified persons;(D) Making deceptive or misleading representations of the massage therapist's education, training, or experience;(E) Failing to decline to carry out massage therapy services that have been requested when such services are believed to be contraindicated or unjustified;(F) Failing to exercise appropriate supervision over a temporary licensee who is authorized to practice only under the supervision of the licensed massage therapist;(G) Verbally or physically abusing clients or engaging in cruel, inhumane, or degrading practices in providing massage therapy to a client;(H) Willfully or intentionally failing to accurately represent his or her skills to a client;(I) Soliciting a sexual relationship with a client;(J) Committing an act with a client punishable as a sexual assault or sexual related offense;(K) Engaging in deliberate or repeated comments, gestures, or physical contacts of a sexual nature that are unnecessary in the professional relationship with the client; and(L) Failing to maintain appropriate draping for each client to ensure the comfort level of both the therapist and client.172 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 81, § 009
Amended effective 6/7/2021