Tex. Occupations Code § 455.055
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 455.055, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 455.055. RULES REGARDING MASSAGE THERAPY INSTRUCTORS.
Official statutory text
Rules adopted under this chapter relating to a massage therapy instructor must contain minimum standards for:
(1) the issuance, denial, renewal, suspension, revocation, or probation of a license under this chapter;
(2) the qualifications of a massage therapy instructor;
(3) the supervision of a student by a massage therapy instructor;
(4) the maximum number of hours a student may accumulate in an internship program under the supervision of a massage therapy instructor before the student is required to be licensed under this chapter;
(5) the equipment essential to the education, health, and safety of students and the public;
(6) the sanitary and hygienic conditions of the physical environment in which a massage therapy instructor teaches;
(7) the provision of massage therapy or other massage services by a student or a massage therapy instructor;
(8) the educational and clinical records kept by a massage therapy instructor;
(9) the curriculum taught and educational material used by a massage therapy instructor;
(10) the inspection of the records, equipment, and physical environment of a massage therapy instructor; and
(11) any other aspect of a massage therapy instructor's instruction or operation of any portion of the course of instruction required for a massage therapist license.
(1) the issuance, denial, renewal, suspension, revocation, or probation of a license under this chapter;
(2) the qualifications of a massage therapy instructor;
(3) the supervision of a student by a massage therapy instructor;
(4) the maximum number of hours a student may accumulate in an internship program under the supervision of a massage therapy instructor before the student is required to be licensed under this chapter;
(5) the equipment essential to the education, health, and safety of students and the public;
(6) the sanitary and hygienic conditions of the physical environment in which a massage therapy instructor teaches;
(7) the provision of massage therapy or other massage services by a student or a massage therapy instructor;
(8) the educational and clinical records kept by a massage therapy instructor;
(9) the curriculum taught and educational material used by a massage therapy instructor;
(10) the inspection of the records, equipment, and physical environment of a massage therapy instructor; and
(11) any other aspect of a massage therapy instructor's instruction or operation of any portion of the course of instruction required for a massage therapist license.
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