(a) To be approved by the board, a massage therapy school shall meet all of the following requirements:

Terms Used In Alabama Code 34-43-20

  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(1) File a completed application prescribed by the board with the board and pay a registration fee as specified in Section 34-43-14.
(2) Provide documentation of a curriculum which includes a minimum number of required hours of instruction in the subjects required pursuant to Section 34-43-9.
(3) Register annually with the board by filing a renewal form, accompanied by the renewal fee pursuant to Section 34-43-14, and submit a current curriculum and a list of instructors.
(b) Every instructor teaching course work titled massage therapy at a board approved school located in Alabama shall be licensed in Alabama as a massage therapist and registered as a massage therapy instructor. Instructors who are not teaching massage therapy do not need to be registered. Any adjunct instructors shall be dually licensed in the state where they reside or be nationally certified, or both.
(c) The board shall register as a massage therapy instructor any applicant who meets all of the following requirements:

(1) Is currently licensed as a massage therapist in Alabama.
(2) Has filed a completed application prescribed by the board and paid a one-time application fee pursuant to Section 34-43-14.
(3) Documents three years of experience in the practice of massage therapy. The documentation may be considered by the board on a case-by-case basis.