- (1) Under Subsection 58-47b-102(9) and Section 58-47b-301, the practice standards for a massage assistant are established in this section.
(2) Under Subsection 58-47b-301(5)(a)(ii), a massage assistant:
- (a) may preform limited massage therapy as defined in Subsection 58-47b-102(7); and
- (b) may not perform massage therapy as defined in Subsection 58-47b-102(13).
- (3) Under Subsection 58-47b-301(5)(a)(i), a massage assistant performing limited massage therapy under supervision, shall be supervised by only one massage therapy supervisor at a time. The massage assistant may have different massage therapy supervisors at different times.
- (4) Under Subsection 58-47b-301(5)(a)(ii), the 300 hours of indirect supervision may include hours performed as supervised massage client services under Subsection 58-47b-302(2)(a)(i) and Section R156-47b-302c, or Subsections 58-47b-302(2)(b)(i) and R156-47b-302d(3)(b).
- (5) A massage assistant shall make the massage assistant's employment records available to the Division upon request, such as payroll records, independent contractor and 1099 records, supervision records, work contracts, and work history records showing dates, times and locations of practice.
KEY: licensing, massage establishment, massage establishment registration, massage therapy, massage therapist, massage apprentice, massage assistant, massage assistant-in-training, inspection, animal massage
Date of Last Change: May 7, 2026
Notice of Continuation: March 21, 2022
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 58-1-106(1)(a); 58-1-202(1)(a); 58-47b-101