Rules for Massage Therapy in Arkansas
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(4) Hydrotherapy techniques, which means the use of water in any
form for therapeutic purposes and includes methods of full and
partial immersion baths, whirlpools, sponging, sprays, body
shampoos, body scrubs, body wraps, fomentations, compresses,
poultices, packs, masks, steam treatments, and sauna
treatments;
(5) Heliotherapy, which may include mechanical devices, heat
lamps, and other devices with the use of light for therapeutic
purposes and may consist of the use of infrared radiation lamps
and devices and the various uses of other light that might be
approved by the Department;
(6) Electrotherapy, which means the use of electrical devices for
therapeutic purposes and may consist of the use of mechanical
vibrators, electric stimulation, direct and alternating currents,
interferential currents, micro currents, and Russian stimulation;
and,
(7) Any hands-on bodywork techniques and procedures rising to the
level of the techniques and procedures intended to be regulated
under the Massage Therapy Act and not covered under specific
licensing laws of other boards.
(d) The following are not included in the scope of massage therapy
practice:
(1) Colonic irrigation and other methods of internal hydrotherapy;
(2) Depilation, waxing, extractions, and electrolysis;
(3) Practices involving the use of ultrasound, unless the therapist
can present educational qualifications acceptable to the
Department and a licensed physician prescribes the treatment;
or,
(4) Piercing, lancing, or penetrating the skin.
13. “Massage Therapy Act” means Arkansas Code § 17-86-101, et. seq.
14. “Massage therapy clinic” means a clinic, place, premises, building, or part
of a building in which a branch or any combination of branches of massage
therapy or the occupation of a massage therapist is practiced;
15.
(a) “Massage therapy instructor” means a person who:
(1) Before July 1, 2010, has completed no less than two hundred
fifty (250) hours of practical experience as a master massage
therapist, which may be gained, in part or in whole, as an
assistant to an instructor in a massage school or may be gained,