To be licensed by the department as a massage/bodywork therapist a person must:

1. (1) be at least eighteen years of age and have received a high school diploma or graduate equivalency diploma;
2. (2) have completed a five hundred hour course of supervised study at an approved massage/bodywork school having a curriculum that meets the standards as set forth in regulation by the department; and
3. (3) have received a passing grade on the National Certification Exam for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork, or any other national examination for massage/bodywork therapy that meets the educational requirements of this chapter and have been certified by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies, or an examination that meets the standards recommended by the advisory panel as set forth in regulation by the department.