1. (1) Under Subsections 58-47b-102(14) and 58-47b-301(6), the supervisor standards for a massage therapy supervisor are established in this section.

2. (2) A massage therapist may not serve as a massage therapy supervisor if, within the five years immediately preceding the submission of the proposed supervisee's application for licensure:

   1. (a) a license held by the massage therapist, in any regulated profession and in any jurisdiction, is under investigation or has been disciplined for unlawful or unprofessional conduct, or has been surrendered as described in Subsection R156-1-501(1); or
   2. (b) unless otherwise approved by the Division in collaboration with the Board, three or more of the massage therapy supervisor's supervisees have taken and not passed a required exam.

3. (3) Unless otherwise approved by the Division in collaboration with the Board, a massage therapy supervisor:

   1. (a) shall serve as the sole supervisor for the supervisee;
   2. (b) may not allow another massage therapist to supervise the supervisee;
   3. (c) may not supervise a supervisee who is under the supervision of another massage therapy supervisor;
   4. (d) shall ensure the supervisee is properly licensed; and
   5. (e) may not allow a supervisee to accumulate hours without being properly licensed.

4. (4) A massage therapy supervisor for:

   1. (a) a massage apprentice shall display a conspicuous sign near the apprentice's workstation stating "Massage apprentice";
   2. (b) a massage assistant-in-training shall display a conspicuous sign near the massage assistant-in-training's workstation stating "Massage assistant-in-training"; and
   3. (c) a massage assistant shall display a conspicuous sign near the massage assistant's workstation stating "Massage assistant".

5. (5) A massage therapy supervisor shall:

   1. (a) follow the curriculum content outline and use the resource materials that have been submitted to and approved by the Division for that supervisee;
   2. (b) advise, direct, and instruct the supervised licensee in education, training, and behavior that follows the generally accepted and recognized standards and ethics of the massage therapy profession, including those in the Utah Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice, October 2025 edition, which is incorporated by reference;

   3. (c) keep a daily record that includes:

      1. (i) the number of hours of education and training completed; and
      2. (ii) the number of hours of massage client services performed;
   4. (d) make the supervisee's education, training, and employment records available to the Division upon request;
   5. (e) verify the completion of the supervisee's education and training on a form available from the Division;
   6. (f) if the supervisor-supervisee relationship is terminated, notify the Division within ten working days on a Notice of Disassociation form available from the Division at https://dopl.utah.gov/massage-therapy/; and
   7. (g) ensure that the supervisee performs massage client services only on the public and performs the other hands-on instruction or practice on a massage assistant-in-training, massage assistant, massage apprentice, massage therapist, or the massage therapy supervisor.

6. (6) If a supervisee fails a required exam three times the massage therapy supervisor shall:

   1. (a) appear before the Board to explain why the supervisee has not passed the exam; and
   2. (b) provide to the Board a plan of study in the appropriate subject matter to address deficiencies in the supervisee's education and training to pass the exam.

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