TITLE 16 OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
CHAPTER 7 MASSAGE THERAPISTS
PART 10 EXAMINATIONS
16.7.10.1 ISSUING AGENCY: Regulation and Licensing Department, Massage Therapy Board.
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16.7.10.2 SCOPE: This part applies to
massage therapy applicants for licensure.
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16.7.10.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY: This
part is adopted pursuant to the Massage Therapy Practice Act, Sections
61-12C-13 and 61-12C-16 NMSA 1978.
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16.7.10.4 DURATION: Permanent.
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16.7.10.5 EFFECTIVE DATE:
November 15, 2019, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.
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16.7.10.6 OBJECTIVE: This part is to establish the examination
requirements for massage therapy licensure.
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16.7.10.7 DEFINITIONS: (Refer to 16.7.1 NMAC).
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16.7.10.8 JURISPRUDENCE EXAMINATION:
(1) the
applicant will receive the jurisprudence examination with instructions from the
board office after the board office receives both the application and
application fee;
(2) to
complete the jurisprudence examination, the applicant will use the statute and
regulations received either from the board or which the applicant downloaded
from the board's website at www.rld.state.nm.us;
(3) the
applicant must pass the jurisprudence examination with a minimum score of
seventy percent;
(4) the
applicant must return the completed jurisprudence examination to the board
office as required.
B. Applicants
may retake the examination as many times as necessary to achieve a passing
grade.
C. The
jurisprudence examination shall not be reproduced or shared in any manner.
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16.7.10.9 LICENSING
EXAMINATION:
A. Applicants for
massage therapy licensure must successfully pass a certification examination for therapeutic massage and
bodywork (NCETMB), the national certification examination for therapeutic
massage (NCETM) administered by the national certification board for
therapeutic massage and bodywork (NCBTMB), the massage and bodywork licensing
examination (MBLEx) administered by the federation of
state massage therapy boards, or other examining or certification agency
approved by the board.
B. The candidate
must apply to take the NCETMB, NCETM or the MBLEx
examination and meet the examining agency’s requirements.
C. The applicant
must ensure that the examining agency sends the official examination results
directly to the board office.
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16.7.10.10 PROCEDURES TO RETAKE A LICENSING
EXAMINATION: Applicants who fail to pass an examination
must apply directly to the examining agency to retake the examination.
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HISTORY
OF 16.7.10 NMAC:
Pre-NMAC
History: The material in this part was derived from
that previously filed with State Records Center and Archives under:
Rule
92-8, Examination Procedures, 3/26/1992
Rule
92-8, Examination Procedures, 9/9/1992
Rule
92-8, Examination Procedures, 11/19/1992
Regulation
8, Examination Procedures, 1/5/1994
History
of Repealed Material: 16.7.10 NMAC - Massage Therapists -
Examinations filed 5/29/2001, Repealed effective 11/15/2019.
Other History:
16.7.10
NMAC - Massage Therapists - Examinations filed 5/29/2001 was replaced by 16.7.10 NMAC - Massage
Therapists - Examinations filed 5/29/2001effective 11/15/2019.