FREE ETHICS SEMINARS for NC Licensed Massage & Bodywork Therapists, taught by Rick Rosen, MA, LMBT, BTI Co-Director
The Ethics of Leadership and Advocacy
in the Massage Therapy Profession
March 26 | Friday, 1:00-4:30pm | 3.5 continuing education contact hours
This seminar will give you an overview of how the massage therapy profession is organized. We’ll look at the major entities that make up the field, how laws, rules and standards are made, and how to become an agent of change. Whether your focus is at the local, state or national levels, there are challenges and choices ahead that will determine the future of our much-beloved profession. Learn how you can be part of the solution in this lively and interactive 3.5-hour session.
Standards of Professional Conduct:
Your Roles and Legal Responsibilities
October 22 | Friday, 1:00-4:30pm | 3.5 continuing education contact hours
Based on the laws that comprise the Practice Act, the Rules of the Board specify requirements that Licensees must follow at all times. This seminar will focus on the 16 rules in Section .0500 that comprise the current Standards of Professional Conduct for all North Carolina Licensees. We will review the text of these rules, decode their meaning and purpose, and discuss practical strategies for compliance with these requirements in your massage therapy practice. The intention of this seminar is to provide you with basic information needed to carry out your professional duties in a safe and effective manner.
PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED for these free seminars, and is taken on a space-available basis. Open to currently-licensed NC LMBT’s only; those who have previously taken either of these seminars at BTI may not repeat them.
You must contact BTI by mail or phone to register. Online registration is not available. Those who attend will receive documentation of 3.5 contact hours of continuing education credit. These courses meets the ethics requirements for license renewal with the North Carolina Board of Massage & Bodywork Therapy, and for re-certification with the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork.
Rick Rosen is BTI’s founder and co-director. He has a masters degree in psychology from West Georgia College, and is a North Carolina Licensed Massage and Bodywork Therapist (License #1). He currently serves as the Executive Director of the Alliance for Massage Therapy Education, and is a 2010 inductee into the Massage Therapy Hall of Fame.
For three decades, he has worked as a leader and advocate for the massage therapy profession on local, state and national levels. Rick is the founding chairman and a past member of the NC Board of Massage & Bodywork Therapy, and is a past president of the AMTA-NC Chapter. He helped launch the Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards, and served as its first Executive Director. He is regarded as an authority on policy and regulatory issues in the massage field.