Sec. 455.055.  RULES REGARDING MASSAGE THERAPY INSTRUCTORS.  Rules adopted under this chapter relating to a massage therapy instructor must contain minimum standards for:
(1)  the issuance, denial, renewal, suspension, revocation, or probation of a license under this chapter;
(2)  the qualifications of a massage therapy instructor;
(3)  the supervision of a student by a massage therapy instructor;
(4)  the maximum number of hours a student may accumulate in an internship program under the supervision of a massage therapy instructor before the student is required to be licensed under this chapter;
(5)  the equipment essential to the education, health, and safety of students and the public;
(6)  the sanitary and hygienic conditions of the physical environment in which a massage therapy instructor teaches;
(7)  the provision of massage therapy or other massage services by a student or a massage therapy instructor;
(8)  the educational and clinical records kept by a massage therapy instructor;
(9)  the curriculum taught and educational material used by a massage therapy instructor;
(10)  the inspection of the records, equipment, and physical environment of a massage therapy instructor; and
(11)  any other aspect of a massage therapy instructor's instruction or operation of any portion of the course of instruction required for a massage therapist license.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by: 
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1300 (H.B. 2696), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2005.