{"data":{"id":"us-nm/61-12c-5.1","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"61-12C-5.1","heading":"Exemptions. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)","body":"Nothing in the Massage Therapy Practice Act shall be construed to prevent:\nA. qualified members of other recognized professions that are licensed or regulated under New Mexico law from rendering services within the scope of their licenses or regulations; provided they do not represent themselves as massage therapists;\nB. students from rendering massage therapy services within the course of study of a registered massage therapy school; and\nC. sobadores; Hispanic traditional healers; Native American healers; reflexologists whose practices are limited to hands, feet and ears; practitioners of polarity, Trager approach, Feldenkrais method, craniosacral therapy, Rolfing structural integration, reiki, ortho-bionomy or ch'i gung; or practitioners of healing modalities not listed in this subsection who do not manipulate the soft tissues for therapeutic purposes from practicing those skills. An exempt practitioner who applies for a license pursuant to the Massage Therapy Practice Act shall comply with all licensure requirements of that act.","path":["Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses","ARTICLE 12C Massage Therapy Practice"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18564/index.do","current_through":"2026-05-20","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:20Z","sha256":"3cfb4f616f978970449c4f11d6b7609e87d7c381768105a8f672b71556d8ea1d","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/61-12c-5","next":"us-nm/61-12c-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}