What's the difference between a Regulation and a Statute? - ANSWER The
Legislature enacts statutes.
Administrative agencies adopt, amend and repeal regulations under the authority
granted to them by statutes
6-101 definitions: Board - ANSWER The State Board of Massage Therapy
Examiners
6-101 definitions: Health Care Setting - ANSWER The office of a health care
provider
6-101 definitions: License - ANSWER a license issued by the Board to practice
massage therapy
6-101 definitions: Licensed Massage Therapist - ANSWER individual who is
licensed by the Board to practice massage therapy
6-101 definitions: Massage Therapy - ANSWER the use of manual techniques on
soft tissues of the human body including effleurage (stroking), petrissage (kneading),
tapotement (tapping), stretching, compression, vibration and friction, with or without
the aid of heat limited to hot packs and heating pads, cold water, or nonlegend
topical application
for the purpose of
improving circulation, enhancing muscle relaxation, relieving muscular pain, reducing
stress,
or promoting health and well-being.
6-101: Massage therapy includes - ANSWER laying of hands, consisting of pressure
or
movement on an individual who is fully clothed, except for footwear, to specifically
affect
the electromagnetic energy or energetic field of the human body if this practice
includes use of the manual techniques
6-101: Massage therapy does not include - ANSWER diagnosis or treatment of
illness, disease, or injury; the adjustment, manipulation, or mobilization of any of the
articulations of the
osseous structures of the human body or spine, and energy work unless it is
combined with manual manipulations
6-101 definition: Practice massage therapy - ANSWER engage professionally for
compensation in massage therapy
6-101 definition: Registered massage practitioner - ANSWER individual who is
registered by the Board to practice massage therapy in a setting that is NOT
, a health care setting
6-101 definition: Registration - ANSWER registration issued by the Board to practice
massage therapy in a setting that is not a health
care setting.
6-102. Certain rights not limited by title. - ANSWER this title does not limit the right
of an individual to practice or advertise an occupation that the individual otherwise is
authorized to practice under this article.
6-201. Board established. - ANSWER There is a State Board of Massage Therapy
Examiners in the Department
6-202. Composition appointed by the Board's 7 members. Of the 7 members: -
ANSWER 5 shall be licensed massage therapists and 2 shall be consumer
members.
6-202. The Governor shall appoint the LMT & consumer members with the advice of
the Secretary
and the advice and consent of the Senate of Maryland. LMT member are chosen
from: - ANSWER a list of names of qualified individuals submitted to the Secretary
and the Governor by an
association that represents at least 250 licensed massage therapists in the State.
The number of names on the list shall be 5 times the number of vacancies ; the list
shall include the name of the incumbent member unless the incumbent member
declines renomination ;
6-202. Qualifications for the massage therapy members - ANSWER Be a resident of
the State, a LMT a of integrity and ability who is in active practice, graduate of a
Board-approved course in massage therapy, practiced massage therapy in the State
for at least 5 years, and in good standing with the Board.
6-202. Good Standing - ANSWER LMT who has not been reprimanded, suspended,
revoked or placed on probation within 5 years before or after confirmation to the
Board
6-202. Qualifications for consumer members - ANSWER member of the general
public. MAY NOT be or ever have been an lmt or in training to become one or
participate in a commercial or professional field related to massage therapy. And
may not have a household member who is a lmt or who participates in a commercial
or professional
field related to massage therapy and may not have had within 2 years before
appointment a substantial financial interest in a person regulated by the Board
6-202. Restrictions as to consumer members. - ANSWER consumer member may
not have a substantial financial interest in a person regulated by the Board.
6-202. Before taking office, each appointee to the Board shall take the ____ required
by Article I, § 9 of the Maryland Constitution. - ANSWER Oath
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