Current through Supplement No. 394, October, 2024
Section 49-02-02-03 - Required curriculum1. The supervised required hours of classroom instruction received by an applicant must satisfy the following curriculum requirements:a. One hundred fifty hours of anatomy, physiology, and kinesiology.b. Ten hours of first aid and CPR. At the time of graduation, the applicant must hold a valid current CPR card certified by a nationally recognized organization to provide CPR instruction.c. One hundred and thirty hours of introductory massage therapy courses, including basic and allied modalities, contraindications, sanitation, disease prevention, and massage theory.2. The applicant must also satisfy the following curriculum requirements which do not require face-to-face interaction with the classroom instructor: a. Fifty hours of business practices, career development, and professional ethics.b. One hundred twenty hours of other courses directly related to massage therapy.c. Forty hours of pathology.3. Each hour of instruction may be applied to only one of the above categories.4. To be counted under this section, the instruction must reflect current scientific knowledge and standards.5. The number of classroom hours specified in subdivisions a through b of subsection 1 also is the maximum amount of prior education credits in each subject which may be given under section 49-02-02-02.6. Hours of instruction for programs which measure their instruction in credit hours per semester or per quarter shall be determined as follows: a. For semester credits, fifteen clock-hours of lecture equals one credit hour and thirty clock-hours of practical instruction (clinical or lab) equals one credit hour.b. For quarter credits, ten clock-hours of lecture equals one credit hour and twenty clock-hours of practical instruction (clinical or lab) equals one credit hour.N.D. Admin Code 49-02-02-03
Effective January 1, 2001; amended effective January 1, 2005; July 1, 2010.Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2017-363, January 2017, effective 1/1/2017.Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2024-392, April 2024, effective 4/1/2024.General Authority: NDCC 28-32-02, 43-25-07
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-25-07