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State requirements

I was about to sign my agreement for school in Colorado a few days ago. I'm sitting down with the admissions officer and she checks Utah ( my home state) requirements just to be sure and they recently increased their hours from 500 to 600. Frustratingly this means I need to take the 850 program instead of the 550, but we also looked at the hourly breakdown academic requirements for Utah (trying to be thorough) and they are totally different, even though they are only 600 hours required.

I called the MT licensing board in UT and they said my acedemic hours have to meet or exceed utah's requirements. (example they require 40 hours of pathology and the school only provides 20)My other option is to have 2,000 working hours as an MT in a different state.

Also another consideration is that my husband's career is HIGHLY mobile and odds are we won't stay in the state or possible the country in which he finishes his schooling.

......update......

Boulder College of Massage therapy accepted me into their 1320 hr course for next January. I'd love to get in contact with a BCMT graduate who has had to move around and continued to work. To my knowledge BCMT goes beyond what most states require so it won't be so hard to move around.

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Permalink Reply by Kassie San on March 17, 2013 at 1:29pm

I can't be the only person that wants to be mobile. I'm fine with jumping thru state hoops if that is what is necessary but it doesn't seem like they make any sense at all.....why do we have the national and mBlex tests if they don't help solve the problem of moving within the country?

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Permalink Reply by Lee Edelberg on March 17, 2013 at 2:00pm

Kassie,

Most professional licenses work like that. Each state writes its' own rules. You need to check with your state and see what they want in terms of reciprocity, i.e. if you are licensed in one state then another state might allow you to get a license without jumping through too many hoops.

But if you aren't licensed and are just starting school, then you should probably be careful, because that might be viewed differently. Maybe that Boulder College would be a good choice!

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Permalink Reply by Kassie San on March 17, 2013 at 2:12pm

I'm not licensed and am just starting MT school for the first time. I've been to university before this though.

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Permalink Reply by Janae Klindt on March 17, 2013 at 8:30pm

You should check into Healing Arts school in Fort Collins, CO. That is where I went to school and it was great! They are a 600hr school.