District of Columbia Massage Therapy Requirements
Institute of Somatic Therapy (Judith Koch) is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (NCBTMB) as a continuing education Approved Provider. Our NCBTMB continuing education Approved Provider Number is 280672-00. Our Florida provider number is MCE326 (50-1116 on CE Broker). Our New York provider number is 0019. Our Massage Therapy CE hours are valid for ABMP, AMTA, and most states.
PLEASE NOTE: We provide the below information about your state as a courtesy, but cannot guarantee its accuracy because laws are continually subject to change. If you have questions about the information we have provided below, please contact your licensing agency directly. Your state board will hold you ultimately responsible for knowing the laws that apply to you. We do not deviate from our posted return and exchange policy if you later determine that a course you enrolled in is not valid for CEs in your jursidiction. You may also visit https://www.abmp.com/practitioners/state-requirements for a link to all state massage boards and rules.
NCBTMB requires that you complete 24 hours of Continuing Education classes every two years. Three hours of the 24 hours must be in ethics. (Three hours of research is no longer required as of February 2019.) No more than 4 hours of the 24 hours may be in self-care. All NCBTMB CEs can be taken through home study or online courses through the Institute of Somatic Therapy, provider #280672-00.
AMTA and ABMP require that you take 48 hours of Massage Therapy CEs every four years. Both Massage Therapy agencies allow all CEs to be taken through home study or online courses through the Institute of Somatic Therapy.
Contact The District of Columbia Massage Therapy Board:
Agency Website: https://dchealth.dc.gov/node/146342
District of Columbia Massage Therapy Continuing Education Requirements:
District of Columbia requires fourteen (14) CEs. These hours must include 3 hours of professional ethics; 9 hours of message-related course work, 6 of which shall be hands-on, massage technique course(s) completed in a live classroom setting; and 2 hours of LGBTQ continuing education. Institute of Somatic Therapy offers several ethics options and many options for the 3 hours of massage-related courses. We do not have an LGBTQ specific course at this time. You could check with the board to see if our Diversity and Cultural Awareness course would meet this requirement.
* Note: Click Here to view a full listing of our Massage Therapist CE Courses. You may also click on the "courses" tab at the top of each page.