Texas Occupations Code

§ 455.159 — STUDENT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

OC § 455.159Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part H. PROFESSIONS RELATED TO CERTAIN TYPES OF THERAPY · Ch. 455. MASSAGE THERAPY · Art. D. LICENSING

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(a)An internship program must:

(1)meet the qualifications established by the department;

(2)provide a student with a minimum of 40 hours of hands-on massage therapy experience; and

(3)be conducted on the school grounds or in a clinic or classroom setting provided by the massage school or massage therapy instructor.

(b)A student must complete the first 250 hours of required training at a massage school or with a massage therapy instructor before the student is eligible to enter an internship program.

(c)A student who is participating in an internship program must be under the supervision and direction of a massage therapy instructor during the hours that the student is working in the program.

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Legislative history

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1300 (H.B. 2696), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2005.