PURPOSE: This rule defines terms used in 4 CSR 197.

1. (1) “Client” is defined as one who utilizes the professional services of a licensed massage therapist whether or not any remuneration is expected by the massage therapist. Client does not include the licensed massage therapist’s immediate family members or significant other.
2. (2) “Clock hours” is defined as a minimum of fifty (50) minutes of instruction within a sixty (60)-minute period.
3. (3) “Direct supervision” is defined as the control, direction, instruction and regulation of a student at all times.
4. (4) “Statistically valid examination” is defined as an examination that has been validated by an unbiased third party such as a nationally recognized testing company or by a professional psychometrician whose credentials are acceptable to the board. The examination shall be based on a job analysis and expert judgement, which identifies a minimum level of competency to perform massage therapy and then tests only subjects judged as most important for beginning licensees to know.
5. (5) “Universal precautions” is an approach to infection control as defined by the Center for Disease Control (CDC). According to the concept of universal precautions, all human blood and certain body fluids are treated as if known to be infectious for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), and other blood borne pathogens.

AUTHORITY: sections 324.245, 324.257 and 324.265, RSMo Supp. 1999.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 197-1.010. Original rule filed Feb. 25, 2000, effective Sept. 30, 2000. Moved to 20 CSR 2197-1.010, effective Aug. 28, 2006. *Original authority: 324.245, RSMo 1998, amended 1999; 324.257, RSMo 1998, amended 1999; 324.265, RSMo 1998, amended 1999.