All New Jersey Massage Licenses Should Be Renewed By November 30, 2014

We know that a lot of of you have encountered substantial delays and other frustrating obstacles obtaining your New Jersey massage licenses.  However, the New Jersey Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy&#8217s rules call for that all massage therapy licenses have to be renewed by November 30 of each even-numbered year.  This indicates that, no matter when you received your license, you have to renew it by November 30, 2014.  The Board will be mailing renewal notices containing instructions on how to renew in late September (60 days prior to the November 30 renewal date).  The renewal fee is $ 120.

In March, ABMP submitted a formal request that the Board waive the continuing education (CE) specifications for this 1st renewal period offered the delays and other difficulties that have occurred in the licensing approach.  Sadly, the Board denied our request.  Therefore, licensees must meet the following requirements to renew in November:

If you received your license in 2012 or 2013:

• You should full 20 hours of CE by the time you renew
• Two of the hours need to be in ethics
• Six of the hours can be earned in on the internet courses the remaining 14 hours should be earned in live, in-individual classes
• The CE have to be associated to the practice of massage and bodywork therapy.  Business courses do not count
• The CE must be authorized by, or supplied by a provider approved by, one of the entities listed here, or offered by a state-approved college, college, or university.
• Your CPR/AED certification have to also be existing.

If you received your license in 2014:

 You need to comprehensive 10 hours of CE by the time you renew

• Two of the hours have to be in ethics
• Six of the hours can be earned in on-line courses the remaining 4 hours need to be earned in reside, in-individual classes
• The CE have to be associated to the practice of massage and bodywork therapy.  Organization courses do not count
• The CE must be authorized by, or offered by a provider approved by, one of the entities listed right here, or given by a state-authorized college, college, or university.
• Your CPR/AED certification must also be present.

You can also earn CE hours by teaching massage or authoring articles or textbooks.  Please review section 13:37A-four.2(a)(3)-(six) of the Board&#8217s rules for much more information.

In order for CE to be accepted for licensure renewal, the course must be taken throughout your licensing period. If you have applied for your license but have not however received it, we suggest you wait to see if you get your license just before attending a CE course if you intend for that course to count for renewal.

You can find CE courses by:

• Browsing on the net by, for example, typing “New Jersey massage therapy continuing education” into Google.
• Calling massage schools in your area to ask if they supply CE classes.  The school must be accredited or approved by the State of New Jersey.
• Logging on to www.abmp.com and clicking on the “Career Development” tab, then clicking on “On-demand CE Courses” beneath “ABMP Education Center” for online courses that will count toward the 6-hour limit for on the web CE.
• Logging on to www.abmp.com and clicking on the “Career Development” tab, then clicking on “Continuing Education (search classes)” beneath “ABMP Education Center” for live classes in your location.  Not all of the listed classes are approved by ABMP consequently, you will need to have to confirm that the class is approved by ABMP or one of the other entities listed here.

The Board can grant a waiver of the CE requirement based on a displaying of hardship such as extreme illness, disability, or military service.  You should submit any waiver request in writing to the Board no later than 90 days prior to the renewal date.  The request should set forth in distinct detail the reasons you are requesting a waiver and should attach supplemental components supporting the request.  The Board has a great deal of discretion in deciding waiver requests, and you shouldn&#8217t assume that your request will be granted.

Added details concerning renewals is posted on the FAQ section of the Board’s site.