{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-455.055","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 455.055","heading":"RULES REGARDING MASSAGE THERAPY INSTRUCTORS.","body":"Rules adopted under this chapter relating to a massage therapy instructor must contain minimum standards for:\n(1) the issuance, denial, renewal, suspension, revocation, or probation of a license under this chapter;\n(2) the qualifications of a massage therapy instructor;\n(3) the supervision of a student by a massage therapy instructor;\n(4) the maximum number of hours a student may accumulate in an internship program under the supervision of a massage therapy instructor before the student is required to be licensed under this chapter;\n(5) the equipment essential to the education, health, and safety of students and the public;\n(6) the sanitary and hygienic conditions of the physical environment in which a massage therapy instructor teaches;\n(7) the provision of massage therapy or other massage services by a student or a massage therapy instructor;\n(8) the educational and clinical records kept by a massage therapy instructor;\n(9) the curriculum taught and educational material used by a massage therapy instructor;\n(10) the inspection of the records, equipment, and physical environment of a massage therapy instructor; and\n(11) any other aspect of a massage therapy instructor's instruction or operation of any portion of the course of instruction required for a massage therapist license.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1300 (H.B. 2696), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2005.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE H. PROFESSIONS RELATED TO CERTAIN TYPES OF THERAPY","CHAPTER 455. MASSAGE THERAPY","SUBCHAPTER B. POWERS AND DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.455.htm#455.055","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"fffff71040d44e0a9d0bef88b605136bdde0934caea78cd3df21f1ab85f40cf6","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-455.054","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-455.059"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}