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.