New Jersey Massage Therapy Requirements
Institute of Somatic Therapy 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 New Jersey Massage Therapy Board:
New Jersey Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy
PO Box 47032, Newark, NJ 07101
Phone: (973) 504-6520
Agency website: http://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/mbt/Pages/default.aspx
New Jersey Massage Therapy Continuing Education Requirements:
New Jersey licensed massage and bodywork therapists are required to complete 20 continuing education (CE) credit hours every two years as a condition for license renewal.
The 20 hours must include:
• 2 hours in professional ethics
• 1 hour in New Jersey massage and bodywork laws and rules
All CE must be related to the practice of massage and bodywork therapy courses focused solely on business practices are not acceptable.
Licensees may complete up to 6 of the 20 required hours online or through DVD.
Extra CE credit hours earned in a renewal period may be carried forward into the next period (up to 18 hours), provided the licensee completes at least 2 hours of ethics credit in each biennial cycle.
* 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.