Hours of practical instruction.

49-02-03-01. Hours of practical instruction. The seven hundred fifty total hours of supervised instruction required under this article must include at least two hundred fifty hours of practical instruction, consisting of practical application and clinical practice. "Hours of practical instruction" means actual hours of providing massage to another person, or receiving massage from a fellow student, under the direct supervision of a licensed massage therapist. In order to provide direct supervision, the licensed massage therapist must have at least three years of licensed, hands-on experience as a massage therapist. History: Effective January 1, 2001; amended effective January 1, 2005; January 1, 2017. General Authority: NDCC 28-32-02, 43-25-07 Law Implemented: NDCC 43-25-07