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