MARYLAND JURISPRUDENCE
(MASSAGE) EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
What's the difference between a Regulation and a Statute? - ANS The Legislature enacts
statutes.
Administrative agencies adopt, amend and repeal regulations under the authority granted to
them by statutes
6-101 definitions: Board - ANS The State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners
6-101 definitions: Health Care Setting - ANS The office of a health care provider
6-101 definitions: License - ANS a license issued by the Board to practice massage therapy
6-101 definitions: Licensed Massage Therapist - ANS individual who is
licensed by the Board to practice massage therapy
6-101 definitions: Massage Therapy - ANS the use of manual techniques on soft tissues of the
human body including effleurage (stroking), petrissage (kneading), tapotement (tapping),
stretching, compression, vibration and friction, with or without the aid of heat limited to hot
packs and heating pads, cold water, or nonlegend topical application
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, for the purpose of
improving circulation, enhancing muscle relaxation, relieving muscular pain, reducing stress,
or promoting health and well-being.
6-101: Massage therapy includes - ANS laying of hands, consisting of pressure or
movement on an individual who is fully clothed, except for footwear, to specifically affect
the electromagnetic energy or energetic field of the human body if this practice includes use of
the manual techniques
6-101: Massage therapy does not include - ANS diagnosis or treatment of illness, disease, or
injury; the adjustment, manipulation, or mobilization of any of the articulations of the
osseous structures of the human body or spine, and energy work unless it is combined with
manual manipulations
6-101 definition: Practice massage therapy - ANS engage professionally for compensation in
massage therapy
6-101 definition: Registered massage practitioner - ANS individual who is registered by the
Board to practice massage therapy in a setting that is NOT
a health care setting
6-101 definition: Registration - ANS registration issued by the Board to practice massage
therapy in a setting that is not a health
care setting.
6-102. Certain rights not limited by title. - ANS this title does not limit the right of an
individual to practice or advertise an occupation that the individual otherwise is authorized to
practice under this article.
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
(MASSAGE) EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
What's the difference between a Regulation and a Statute? - ANS The Legislature enacts
statutes.
Administrative agencies adopt, amend and repeal regulations under the authority granted to
them by statutes
6-101 definitions: Board - ANS The State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners
6-101 definitions: Health Care Setting - ANS The office of a health care provider
6-101 definitions: License - ANS a license issued by the Board to practice massage therapy
6-101 definitions: Licensed Massage Therapist - ANS individual who is
licensed by the Board to practice massage therapy
6-101 definitions: Massage Therapy - ANS the use of manual techniques on soft tissues of the
human body including effleurage (stroking), petrissage (kneading), tapotement (tapping),
stretching, compression, vibration and friction, with or without the aid of heat limited to hot
packs and heating pads, cold water, or nonlegend topical application
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, for the purpose of
improving circulation, enhancing muscle relaxation, relieving muscular pain, reducing stress,
or promoting health and well-being.
6-101: Massage therapy includes - ANS laying of hands, consisting of pressure or
movement on an individual who is fully clothed, except for footwear, to specifically affect
the electromagnetic energy or energetic field of the human body if this practice includes use of
the manual techniques
6-101: Massage therapy does not include - ANS diagnosis or treatment of illness, disease, or
injury; the adjustment, manipulation, or mobilization of any of the articulations of the
osseous structures of the human body or spine, and energy work unless it is combined with
manual manipulations
6-101 definition: Practice massage therapy - ANS engage professionally for compensation in
massage therapy
6-101 definition: Registered massage practitioner - ANS individual who is registered by the
Board to practice massage therapy in a setting that is NOT
a health care setting
6-101 definition: Registration - ANS registration issued by the Board to practice massage
therapy in a setting that is not a health
care setting.
6-102. Certain rights not limited by title. - ANS this title does not limit the right of an
individual to practice or advertise an occupation that the individual otherwise is authorized to
practice under this article.
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
