Massage Therapy Exam 2026 | Texas State Laws
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The minimum 500 hour supervised course of instruction described in the Act,
§455.156, required for licensure and provided by a licensed massage school. -------
--CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Massage therapy educational program
--A place of business that advertises or offers massage therapy or other massage
services unless specifically exempted by the Act. The term includes a place of
business that advertises or offers any service described by a derivation of the
terms "massage therapy" or "other massage services" as defined by the Act. -------
--CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Massage therapy establishment
--A licensed massage therapist who provides to one or more students instruction
approved by the department in massage therapy or manipulation of soft tissue
and who holds a license issued by the department as a massage therapy
instructor. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Massage therapy instructor
--An________ is, in the case of a massage school or establishment, an individual, a
partnership and any partners, a corporation, or any other legal business entity. ---
------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Owner
,--The scientific study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes,
development, and consequences. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Pathology
--The study of the normal vital processes of the human body including the
processes of cells, tissues, and organs including the contractibility of muscle
tissue; coordination through the nervous system; digestion; circulatory;
reproduction; and secretions. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Physiology
--An institution which is approved by the Texas Education Agency or which is an
institution of higher education as defined in the Texas Codes Annotated, Texas
Education Code, Chapter 61 or a higher education institution approved by a
similar agency in another state. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------State
approved educational institution
--Passive and active joint movements, nonspecific stretches, passive and active
exercise, or any combination of these. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Swedish gymnastics
--The manipulation of soft tissue utilizing effleurage (stroking), petrissage
(kneading), tapotement (percussion), compression, vibration, friction, nerve
stroke, and Swedish gymnastics. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Swedish
massage therapy techniques
, --A person who submits an application to the department. The term includes:
owner, owner's agent, operator, principal, officer, or general manager of the
applicant. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Applicant
--Includes, but is not limited to, sheets, towels, and robes or cloth materials used
on or comes into contact with a client's body during a massage. ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------Linens
-- A permit issued by the department to a student enrolled in a licensed massage
school which allows the student to practice massage therapy as prescribed by the
massage therapy education program. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Student permit
Therapy or therapeutic procedures do not include: ---------CORRECT ANSWER-------
----------(1) the diagnosis or treatment of illness or disease; or
(2) a service or procedure for which a license to practice medicine, chiropractic,
physical therapy, or podiatry is required by law.
Massage therapy does not constitute the practice of _________________. ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------chiropractic
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The minimum 500 hour supervised course of instruction described in the Act,
§455.156, required for licensure and provided by a licensed massage school. -------
--CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Massage therapy educational program
--A place of business that advertises or offers massage therapy or other massage
services unless specifically exempted by the Act. The term includes a place of
business that advertises or offers any service described by a derivation of the
terms "massage therapy" or "other massage services" as defined by the Act. -------
--CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Massage therapy establishment
--A licensed massage therapist who provides to one or more students instruction
approved by the department in massage therapy or manipulation of soft tissue
and who holds a license issued by the department as a massage therapy
instructor. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Massage therapy instructor
--An________ is, in the case of a massage school or establishment, an individual, a
partnership and any partners, a corporation, or any other legal business entity. ---
------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Owner
,--The scientific study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes,
development, and consequences. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Pathology
--The study of the normal vital processes of the human body including the
processes of cells, tissues, and organs including the contractibility of muscle
tissue; coordination through the nervous system; digestion; circulatory;
reproduction; and secretions. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Physiology
--An institution which is approved by the Texas Education Agency or which is an
institution of higher education as defined in the Texas Codes Annotated, Texas
Education Code, Chapter 61 or a higher education institution approved by a
similar agency in another state. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------State
approved educational institution
--Passive and active joint movements, nonspecific stretches, passive and active
exercise, or any combination of these. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Swedish gymnastics
--The manipulation of soft tissue utilizing effleurage (stroking), petrissage
(kneading), tapotement (percussion), compression, vibration, friction, nerve
stroke, and Swedish gymnastics. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Swedish
massage therapy techniques
, --A person who submits an application to the department. The term includes:
owner, owner's agent, operator, principal, officer, or general manager of the
applicant. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Applicant
--Includes, but is not limited to, sheets, towels, and robes or cloth materials used
on or comes into contact with a client's body during a massage. ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------Linens
-- A permit issued by the department to a student enrolled in a licensed massage
school which allows the student to practice massage therapy as prescribed by the
massage therapy education program. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Student permit
Therapy or therapeutic procedures do not include: ---------CORRECT ANSWER-------
----------(1) the diagnosis or treatment of illness or disease; or
(2) a service or procedure for which a license to practice medicine, chiropractic,
physical therapy, or podiatry is required by law.
Massage therapy does not constitute the practice of _________________. ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------chiropractic
