# Title 49 — Massage Therapy, Board of

## Article 49-02 — Educational Requirements for Licensure

## Chapter 49-02-01 — General Education Requirements

### § 49-02-01-01. Hours of instruction.

1. To be eligible for a license as a massage therapist, an applicant must present a diploma or
credentials issued by one or more schools of massage or school offering a massage program
which indicate a cumulative total of seven hundred fifty hours of instruction as determined
under this article.
2. As used in this article, a "clock-hour" or hour of classroom or practical instruction means a
sixty-minute block of time consisting of a minimum of fifty minutes of instruction with
appropriate breaks.
History: Effective January 1, 2001; amended effective July 1, 2010; January 1, 2017; April 1, 2024.
General Authority: NDCC 28-32-02, 43-25-07
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-25-07
### § 49-02-01-02. Location of instruction.

The education requirements in this article may be satisfied by instruction provided at a single
school of massage or school offering a massage program or by attendance at more than one school, as
long as the hours of total instruction provided to the student are not redundant and satisfy the other
requirements in this article. An applicant shall submit a diploma or other credentials from each school
attended.
History: Effective January 1, 2001; amended effective January 1, 2017.
General Authority: NDCC 28-32-02, 43-25-07
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-25-07
### § 49-02-01-03. Eligible instruction.

Repealed effective January 1, 2017.
### § 49-02-01-04. Liaison.

Each massage school or school offering a massage program in the state of North Dakota shall
designate one full-time massage therapist faculty person in the state, who shall be the liaison to the
board. The liaison shall submit a copy of the school's curriculum to the board each year. Out-of-state
schools may select to have a liaison to the board.
History: Effective July 1, 2010; amended effective January 1, 2017.

General Authority: NDCC 28-32-02, 43-25-07
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-25-07
