Regulatory Board

Kentucky Board of Licensure for Massage Therapy
500 Mero Street, 2 SC 32
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: (502) 782-8808
Fax: (502) 564-4818
Email: mt@ky.gov

Kentucky Board of Licensure for Massage Therapy

Education Requirements

  • 600 education hours from a board-approved massage therapy school.

These hours must include:

      • 200 hours to include massage theory, technique, and practice focusing on gliding strokes, kneading, direct pressure, deep friction, joint movement, superficial warming techniques, percussion, compression, vibration, jostling, shaking, and rocking

      • 200 hours of approach to the business of massage, specifically including contraindications, benefits, business, history, ethics, client documentation, legalities of massage, and modality courses designed to meet the school's specific program objectives

      • 125 hours of anatomy, physiology, or kinesiology

      • 40 hours of pathology

The school may use its discretion in allotting the additional 35 curricular hours

Contact your state licensing board for the most current information and requirements.

CEU Requirements

  • 12 Education Hours (biennially)

  • $200 Fee

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