The New Mexico Massage Board is seeking nominations for three vacant positions—two professional members and one public member.
New Mexico
Massage Therapy Board
Toney Anaya Building, 2nd Floor
2550 Cerrillos Road
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Phone: 505-476-4870
Fax: 505-476-4665
Email: massage.board@rld.nm.gov
You must enclose a stamped, self-addressed, #10 envelope when requesting a copy of regulations.
Title: Licensed Massage Therapist
Requirement: 650 hours and NCBTMB or MBLEx
Renewal: 16 hours/2 years
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed into law New Mexico Senate Bill 200. This law amends the Massage Therapy Practice Act in several ways. The law now includes a definition of continuing education (CE) and continuing education providers.
Our last New Mexico Legislative Update, issued in May 2009, discussed then-proposed changes to the state’s massage therapy regulations. To read the state regulations currently in place as of July 2015, please go to the New Mexico Board of Massage Therapy website and click on “Chapter 7 Massage Therapists.”
Our last New Mexico Legislative Update, issued in May 2009, discussed then-proposed changes to the state’s massage therapy regulations.To read the state regulations currently in place as of July 2015, please go to the New Mexico Board of Massage Therapy website and click on “Chapter 7 Massage Therapists.”
The New Mexico Massage Therapy Board will convene a rule hearing to hear public testimony and comments regarding proposed amendments, repeals, and/or replacements to the rules relating to general provisions, fees, and licensing requirements for individuals, schools, and instructors.
Details on the proposed changes can be found at http://www.rld.state.nm.us/Massage/news.html.
House bill 664, was signed into law by Governor Richardson on April 7, 2009.The bill, sponsored by Representative W. Ken Martinez, creates "The Unlicensed Health Care Act." The bill essentially states that a complementary and alternative health care practitioner who is not licensed in New Mexico as a health care practitioner shall not be in violation of any licensing laws unless the practitioner engages in a scope of practice that exceeds his or her training or practices a profession that is already licensed by the state.
HB 664, sponsored by Representative W. Ken Martinez, would create "The Unlicensed Health Care Act." The bill, similar versions of which have been enacted in a few states as a "health freedom" bill, would exempt complementary and alternative health care practitioners from licensing laws. In those states, however, massage therapy was not already regulated at the time the "health freedom" bill was enacted.
Bodywork, massage, and massage therapy are included under the definition of complementary and alternative health care practice along with a host of other modalities and practices.
House Bill 847, sponsored by Representative Rick Miera, was signed into law by Governor Richardson on April 2, 2007. The law will exempt the following practitioners from the Massage Therapy Practice Act: