Sec. 455.159. STUDENT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. (a) An internship program must:
(1) meet the qualifications established by the department;
(2) provide a student with a minimum of 40 hours of hands-on massage therapy experience; and
(3) be conducted on the school grounds or in a clinic or classroom setting provided by the massage school or massage therapy instructor.
(b) A student must complete the first 250 hours of required training at a massage school or with a massage therapy instructor before the student is eligible to enter an internship program.
(c) A student who is participating in an internship program must be under the supervision and direction of a massage therapy instructor during the hours that the student is working in the program.
(d) A student who is participating in an internship program may:
(1) make an appointment with a client;
(2) interview a client;
(3) provide massage therapy, including providing massage therapy for compensation in an amount set by the massage school or massage therapy instructor and paid to the school or instructor;
(4) collect and review a client evaluation with the student's supervisor; and
(5) perform other tasks necessary to the business of providing massage therapy to the public.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1300 (H.B. 2696), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2005.
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