Terms Used In South Carolina Code 40-30-320

  • Approved massage therapy education program: means a supervised educational program in a school approved by the Commission on Higher Education. See South Carolina Code 40-30-30
  • Approved massage therapy school: means a facility that offers an educational program that meets minimum requirements for training and curriculum as determined by the board pursuant to this chapter and related regulations. See South Carolina Code 40-30-30
  • Massage therapy: means the application of a system of structured touch to the soft tissues of the human body with the hand, foot, knee, arm, or elbow, whether or not the structured touch is aided by hydrotherapy, thermal therapy, a massage therapy device, or application to the human body of an herbal preparation. See South Carolina Code 40-30-30
Nothing in this chapter may be construed to prevent the teaching of massage therapy in this State at an approved massage therapy school or in an approved massage therapy education program.