1. (a) To be approved by the department, a massage therapy school shall comply with all standards for approval established by committee rule. The applicant shall also do all of the following:

   1. (1) Submit to the department a completed application prescribed by the department and the registration fee.
   2. (2) Register every two years with the department by submitting a renewal form, the renewal fee, and a current curriculum and list of active massage therapy instructors teaching at the school.
   3. (3) Satisfy other standards as the committee may impose by rule.
2. (b) Except as provided in Section 34-43A-4(a)(5), every massage therapy instructor teaching a course in massage therapy at a massage therapy school located in this state shall be licensed by the department as a massage therapist and registered as a massage therapy instructor. Instructors who are not teaching massage therapy do not need to be registered. An adjunct massage therapy instructor shall be dually licensed in the state where he or she resides or be nationally certified, or both.

3. (c) An applicant for registration as a massage therapy instructor shall satisfy all of the following requirements:

   1. (1) Be currently licensed as a massage therapist in this state.
   2. (2) Submit to the department a completed application as prescribed by the department and the application fee.
   3. (3) Submit documentation of three years of experience in the practice of massage therapy. The documentation may be considered by the department on a case-by-case basis.

(Act 2024-361, §3; Act 2025-395, §2; Act 2026-162, §3.)