4.1 What about licencing, certification and professional training?
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This article is from the [alt.backrubs] Frequently Asked Questions, posted to alt.backrubs newsgroup. Maintained by Jamie Blustein with numerous contributions by others.
4.1 What about licencing, certification and professional training?
Licencing is, of course, only relevant if you are looking to charge for giving massages. The restrictions and regulations differ from state to state in the USA and province to province in Canada. If you have information about regulation in other countries, please post it to the newsgroup.
Some jurisdictions have no restrictions, some provide two-tier regulation (distinguishing between so-called technicians or bodyworkers and therapists), some just want to make sure massage is not being used as a cover for prostitution. Some even require a level of training level equivalent to what a physical therapist would have.
The rest of this question is in two parts: the first part is about various resource guides that are available; the second part is about the two major organizations that are frequently discussed in alt.backrubs.
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