Massage - Student Therapist
The City has
adopted provisions to license students seeking to obtain professional
experience in massage therapy.
License Required
A license is required for a Student
Massage Therapist to practice massage therapy. Applicants must be
associated with a licensed Massage Establishment and work under the
direction of a licensed Massage Therapist. Submit the following
items to the City Clerk
Department at City Hall, 11110 Johnson Drive, Shawnee, Kansas 66203 (913)
631-2500, ext. 243:
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A completed
Student Massage
Therapist License Application with signature
consenting to a background investigation.
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Licensing fee of $25.00.
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Proof of age via a birth certificate or valid driver's license or other
government issued identification.
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A copy of certificate certifying 300
hours of instruction in massage therapy from a recognized school.
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Proof of successful completion of Red
Cross First Aid and/or American Heart Association CPR Training.
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Fingerprints provided by the Shawnee
Police Department. Please make advance
arrangements at (913) 631-2155, so that staff is available to fingerprint
applicant.
Approval
Upon approval, the City
Clerk will issue a license to perform student massage therapy and an
identification card bearing the license number, physical description
and photograph of the student massage therapist.
Guidelines
- All massage therapy must be conducted under the supervision of a
Massage Therapist licensed in the City of Shawnee. Supervision
means the supervising therapist is available on the premises and is
personally aware the student is performing massage therapy on a client.
- A supervising therapist must personally observe the student's
massage techniques at least once during the massage therapy session.
- All advertisements for massage therapy that will be performed by a
student will clearly inform the customer that a student under the
supervision of a licensed massage therapist will perform the massage
therapy.
- Prior to conducting any massage therapy, the Student Massage
Therapist will require the customer to sign and acknowledge he/she has
been informed the massage therapy will be conducted by a student under
the supervision of a licensed Massage Therapist. These
acknowledgement documents will be maintained by the supervising massage
therapist for a period of one year and will be produced at the request
of any law enforcement officer or City official.
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