SECTION .0300 - LICENSING

21 ncac 30 .0301             PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATIONS

(a)  All licensees shall use the professional title, "Licensed Massage and Bodywork Therapist," or the letters "L.M.B.T." when they are holding themselves out to be a licensee in their professional communications.

(b)  Licensees shall not use any other letters or abbreviations after their name when they are holding themselves out to be a licensee in their professional communications, except those that are conveyed by a degree from an accredited post-secondary institution, a license from another occupational licensing board, or certification from an agency that is approved by the National Commission on Certifying Agencies.

(c)  Licensees may also use other words descriptive of their work, consistent with Rule .0501(1), such as areas of clinical specialty, in addition to their primary identification as a Licensed Massage and Bodywork Therapist.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 90‑623(c); 90‑626(9);

Temporary Adoption Eff. February 15, 2000;

Eff. April 1, 2001;

Amended Eff. September 2, 2005;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. November 12, 2014.