The importance of legal liability for Massage Therapists their professional licenses.


In the United States, there are several companies


engaged Association For in insurance


market of liability and risk to massage therapists such as Massage & Liability Insurance


Massage,


American Massage Therapy Association, to name a few.


For the insurance policy and the support of professional risk, such partnerships require


that the massage therapist). For therapist


has their Massage Therapist License (certified or licensed professional massage


this it is


mandatory to have a certain number of hours of previous study in a school recognized by the authority


issuing


the license; for example in the case of Florida 5oo hours of required study, in Puerto Rico 1000 hours, in Texas 500 hours, to name a few states.


The most important consideration for spas in the US, is that the massage therapist has their license or valid certificate as a Professional Massage Therapist and their liability insurance for massage.


This benefits both the spa and the massage therapist in case of negligence in any of the services received by a client that results in some damage or injury.


In Mexico, unfortunately, we lack the much needed


backing for massage


therapists and spas to have this license and insurance because there is no regulation to establish a curriculum to academically train massage therapists in Mexico.


This is an issue for both massage therapists and spas in our country. CIMS Consejo Internacional de Masaje y Spa (International Board of Massage and Spa) offers for the first time in Mexico, a core curriculum of 350 hours for schools and universities interested in participating. Based on the standards used in countries such as the US and Canada;


and moreover, legal support and thanks to


agreements with various companies, CIMS offers certification, with financial and


professional


liability risk for certified massage therapists in Mexico with coverage of up to one and a half million pesos per therapist.


At CIMS, we believe that a base of academic


professional


training is required massage


therapists


for to


minimize liability risks in the profession.


Why certify? In reality, certification is required


to services ensure such professional


excellence and quality providers of health


as


therapy; at present there are different medical specialties and


related to health and they require their members to be certified, and even have


massage


As a result of the current requirements of providers of health services, CIMS brings


you the option of certifying


massage therapists with academic and practical knowledge thereby


proving


their quality as professional massage therapists.


But what about the massage therapists already working in spas around Mexico? Can these be certified? The answer is yes. Spas have the option to train their staff and to certify with CIMS. Spas can obtain the program for the CIMS certification exam, join the board and thereby train and support their therapists to become certified via the practical and theory test and obtaining the


professional risk insurance of


$1,500,000.00 pesos and legal advice, 24 hours, 365 days a year.


The massage therapist can be certified on their own, without joining the board, by providing the requirements that the board has established for certification. We invite you to visit our website of the International Board of Massage and Spa www.cims.com.mx


Saralina Gamboa Garza L.M.T., L.M.T.I.


councils President CIMS


www.spaprofessionalmexico.com


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