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Reminder:
Alumni meeting Wed Oct 13th at 7:00pm.
We will be talking about the new law requiring
continuing education for LMT's.
Snacks will be provided.
Now that summer is over we all need to de-stress come for
snacks and massage exchange. Bring your
lotion and sheets!!!
Please let us know if you will be attending so we have enough to go around.
If you are not a member of your membership has expired please come to the
meeting and we can process your renewal for you.
Thank You We hope to see you at the next meeting
The book store will be open until 7pm the night of the Alumni
meeting, so it you need any supplies come a few minutes early to pick them up.
Alumni Association
The Alumni Association was developed to provide a professional membership organization to NYIM
graduates. Benefits include continuing education opportunities, networking and
business contacts, referral services, and membership in the Associated Bodywork
and Massage Professionals (ABMP) organization. Discounts are also available for
professional insurance, massage therapy supplies, equipment, and NYIM student
clinic treatments.
Meeting Schedule
Alumni Information:
Meeting Schedule:
Oct 13th Wed 7:00pm
We no longer provide membership cards for the Alumni Association. If you have
given us a valid email address, we will send you mail regarding payments
received and future meetings scheduled. If you have an updated address, phone
number or email address, please notify us via email at alumni@nyinstituteofmassage.com
ABMP Insurance
AANYIM has been notified by ABMP that effective immediately, the rate for their
insurance has gone up $25. The rate is now $175.
Fellow Alumni:
I would like to introduce myself (Alicia M. Jaworski) as your new Alumni President. I am a
2004 graduate of the New York Institute of Massage. I currently work out of the
Pilates co-op located in Orchard Park, John Roberts Salon and Spa in Eden, and I
am a clinic assistant at NYIM. The Vice President Jennifer A. Greene LMT, CIMI
graduated in 2006 and is currently the head Program Coordinator of the Massage
Therapy Department Kaleida Healthcare Women & Children’s Hospital of Buffalo
Developed June 2007. We would like to increase involvement of Alumni members and
would like to hear anything that you think would improve this association.
Communication is our # one goal, we will be sending out a monthly letter to let
you know what is going on, when meetings are scheduled , what our account
balance is and any new events that may come up. Along with the regular meeting we will have a
guest speaker to address these questions and many others. We hope to see you
there. Please send an e-mail or give us a call at 633-0355 X203 and leave a
message if you will be attending this meeting. We need a head count ahead of
time to provide you with the information and hand outs that you will need to
take with you.
Sincerely, /p>
Alicia M. Jaworski LMT
Alumni President NY Institute of Massage
Mission Statement
The alumni Association of The New York Institute of
Massage is a not-for-profit professional organization of licensed
massage therapist, committed to nurturing and promoting the highest quality and
standards in therapeutic massage, by providing opportunities for continuing
educating and peer support. Forging strong bonds with colleagues, creating
unity and by preserving the high quality values of our profession.
The
Alumni Association of NYIM can be contacted at
P.O. Box 966
Buffalo, NY 14231
(716) 633-0355 or 1-800-884-6946
Extension 203
alumni@nyinstituteofmassage.com
The
ABMP can be contacted at:
PO Box 1869
Evergreen, CO 80437-9929
(303)674-0859
Continuing Education & New York State
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§ 7807. Mandatory continuing education.
[Became law August 30, 2010; effective, January 1, 2012]
1.
a. Each massage therapist licensed pursuant to this article required to register
triennially with the department to practice in the state shall comply with the
provisions of the mandatory continuing education requirements prescribed in
subdivision two of this section except as set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) of
this subdivision. Massage therapists who do not satisfy the mandatory continuing
education requirements shall not practice until they have met such requirements,
and they have been issued a registration certificate, except that a massage
therapist may practice without having met such requirements if he or she is
issued a conditional registration certificate pursuant to subdivision three of
this section.
b. Massage therapists shall be exempt from the mandatory continuing education
requirement for the triennial registration period during which they are first
licensed. In accord with the intent of this section, adjustments to the
mandatory continuing education requirement may be granted by the department for
reasons of health certified by an appropriate health care professional, for
extended active duty with the armed forces of the United States, or for other
good cause acceptable to the department which may prevent compliance.
c. A licensed massage therapist not engaged in professional practice, as
determined by the department, shall be exempt from the mandatory continuing
education requirement upon the filing of a statement with the department
declaring such status. Any licensee who returns to the practice of massage
therapy during the triennial registration period shall notify the department
prior to reentering the profession and shall meet such mandatory education
requirements as shall be prescribed by regulations of the commissioner.
2. During each triennial registration period an applicant for registration as a
massage therapist shall complete a minimum of thirty-six hours of acceptable
formal continuing education, a maximum of twelve hours of which may be
self-instructional course work acceptable to the department. Any massage
therapist whose first registration date following the effective date of this
section occurs less than three years from such effective date, shall complete
continuing education hours on a prorated basis at the rate of one hour per month
for the period beginning January first, two thousand twelve up to the first
registration date thereafter. A licensee who has not satisfied the mandatory
continuing education requirements shall not be issued a triennial registration
certificate by the department and shall not practice unless and until a
conditional registration certificate is issued as provided for in subdivision
three of this section, or until he or she has otherwise met the requirements of
this section.
3. The department, in its discretion, may issue a conditional registration to a
licensee who fails to meet the continuing education requirements established in
subdivision two of this section but who agrees to make up any deficiencies and
complete any additional education which the department may require. The fee for
such a conditional registration shall be the same as, and in addition to, the
fee for the triennial registration. The duration of such conditional
registration shall be determined by the department but shall not exceed one
year. Any licensee who is notified of the denial of registration for failure to
submit evidence, satisfactory to the department, of required continuing
education and who practices without such registration, may be subject to
disciplinary proceedings pursuant to section sixty-five hundred ten of this
chapter.
4. As used in subdivision two of this section, "acceptable formal continuing
education" may mean formal programs of learning which contribute to professional
practice in massage therapy which are offered by sponsors of massage therapy
continuing education approved by the department in consultation with the state
board for massage therapy, to fulfill the mandatory continuing education
requirement. Sponsors of massage therapy continuing education may include, but
are not limited to, state or national professional associations established to
further the massage therapy profession, and may include any affiliates of
international massage therapy conferences at which professional continuing
education is a major component of such conferences, as well as programs
registered as licensure-qualifying for the profession of massage therapy by the
department. Sponsors of massage therapy shall file an application with the
department and pay a fee of nine hundred dollars. While presenters of didactic
instruction may be provided by persons who are not licensed by the state of New
York as massage therapists, the practical application of such modalities and
techniques must be done by licensed massage therapists, or those otherwise
authorized, when this continuing education occurs in the state of New York.
5. Massage therapists shall maintain adequate documentation of completion of
acceptable formal continuing education and shall provide such documentation at
the request of the department. Failure to provide such documentation upon the
request of the department shall be an act of misconduct subject to disciplinary
proceedings pursuant to section sixty-five hundred ten of this chapter.
6. The mandatory continuing education fee shall be forty-five dollars, shall be
payable on or before the first day of each triennial registration period, and
shall be paid in addition to the triennial registration fee required by section
seventy-one hundred twenty-four of this chapter.
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