Indiana § 25-21.8-4-5 Scope of practice

Indiana Statutes

§ 25-21.8-4-5 — Scope of practice

Indiana § 25-21.8-4-5

Title 25PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Art. 21.8MASSAGE THERAPISTS

Ch. 4Issuance of Certification

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This article does not prohibit the following:

(1)An individual who has a license, registration, certificate, or permit from the state from acting within the scope of the individual's license, registration, certificate, or permit.

(2)An individual who participates in an approved training program for the purpose of acquiring a license, registration, certificate, or permit from the state from performing activities within the scope of the approved training program.

(3)A student of an approved massage therapy school from performing massage therapy under the supervision of the approved massage therapy school, if the student does not profess to be a licensed massage therapist.

(4)An individual's practice in one (1) or more of the following areas that does not involve intentional soft tissue m

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This article does not prohibit the following:
(1) An individual who has a license, registration, certificate, or
permit from the state from acting within the scope of the
individual's license, registration, certificate, or permit.
(2) An individual who participates in an approved training
program for the purpose of acquiring a license, registration,
certificate, or permit from the state from performing activities
within the scope of the approved training program.
(3) A student of an approved massage therapy school from
performing massage therapy under the supervision of the
approved massage therapy school, if the student does not profess
to be a licensed massage therapist.
(4) An individual's practice in one (1) or more of the following
areas that does not involve intentional soft tissue manipulation:
(A) Alexander Technique.
(B) Feldenkrais.
(C) Reiki.
(D) Therapeutic Touch.
(5) An individual's practice in which the individual provides
service marked bodywork approaches that involve intentional soft
tissue manipulation, including:
(A) Rolfing;
(B) Trager Approach;
(C) Polarity Therapy;
(D) Ortho-bionomy; and
(E) Reflexology;
if the individual is approved by a governing body based on a
minimum level of training, demonstration of competency, and
adherence to ethical standards.
(6) The practice of massage therapy by a person either actively
licensed as a massage therapist in another state or currently
certified by the National Certification Board of Therapeutic
Massage and Bodywork or other national certifying body if the
person's state does not license massage therapists, if the
individual is performing duties for a non-Indiana based team or
organization, or for a national athletic event held in Indiana, so
long as the individual restricts the individual's practice to the
individual's team or organization during the course of the
individual's or the individual's team's or the individual's
organization's stay in Indiana or for the duration of the event.
(7) Massage therapists from other states or countries providing
educational programs in Indiana for a period not to exceed thirty
(30) days within a calendar year.
(8) An employee of a physician or a group of physicians from
performing an act, a duty, or a function to which the exception
described in IC 25-22.5-1-2(a)(20) applies.
(9) An employee of a chiropractor from performing an act, duty,
or function authorized under IC 25-10-1-13.
(10) An employee of a podiatrist or a group of podiatrists from
performing an act, duty, or function to which the exception
described in IC 25-29-1-0.5(a)(13) applies.
(11) A dramatic portrayal or some other artistic performance or
expression involving the practice of massage therapy.
(12) The practice of massage therapy by a member of an
emergency response team during a period of active emergency
response.