Guidelines for Best Practice: Updated January 21, 2025 Preface The Canadian Massage and Manual Osteopathic Therapists Association (CMMOTA) defines massage therapy in practice, as the assessment, treatment and prevention of [...]
Authorized Activities within Professional Practice: Updated November 7, 2024 PREFACE Definition A scope of practice highlights the professional activities permissible by respective legislation and/or education skills and training certifications. It [...]
Authorized Activities and Restrictions within Professional Practice: Updated November 7, 2024 PREFACE Definition A scope of practice highlights the professional activities permissible by respective legislation and/or education skills and training [...]
Purpose: • To provide policy surrounding the carrying of monetary credit balances as a result of overpayment, refund, or monetary credit awarded as part of a contest or incentive program. [...]
Purpose: • To establish clear guidelines for the submission of education documents for the purpose of attaining membership, and subsequent membership class upgrading, as not all schools provide graduation certificates [...]
CMMOTA MEMBER CODE OF ETHICS GUIDELINES • Each member of our Association will respect and protect patient dignity and safety. • Each member will respect and protect the dignity of [...]
Purpose: • To provide further clarity surrounding the use/sale of Cannabis, CBD Oil, and other Cannabis based Products within the practice of massage therapy or manual osteopathic therapy and to [...]
Purpose: • To establish Disciplinary Policy for non-compliance regarding RMT Proof of Regulatory College Membership/Registration as outlined in CMMOTA Bylaws 3.5.1.6.1.. Policy: 1. The Board of Directors grants its authority [...]
Purpose: • To provide guidance to members who through their clinical practice become aware of or suspect that an individual is experiencing some form of abuse. Policy: 1. In Canada, [...]
Purpose: • To provide clear written standards for moving from active to inactive membership, and vice versa, and to clarify membership responsibilities which are required to be fulfilled where a [...]
Purpose: • To establish clear guidelines surrounding the upgrading of membership from student to higher classes of membership following the completion of a massage or manual osteopathic therapy program, and [...]
Purpose: • To provide the information which is required by CMMOTA so that Administration may approve any school from whom a potential Member has graduated, and in order that those [...]
Purposes: • The Association strives to create a community free from the bonds of discrimination. This community is built on respect, inclusivity, and diversity for its members, employees, and [...]
Purpose:• To provide guidance on when, how, and what information may be provided to third parties including professional liability insurance providers, any level of government in Canada, health insurance companies, [...]
Purpose: • To provide written guidance for the establishment of Association Policy, and the establishment of procedures surrounding approved policy. The Association’s policies and procedures are meant to be living [...]
Purpose: • This policy sets out matters specifically reserved for determination by the Board of Directors and those matters delegated to the Executive Director. The functions exercised by the Board [...]
Authorized Activities within Professional Practice: Updated January 16, 2023PREFACEDefinitionA scope of practice highlights the professional activities permissible by respective legislation and/or education skills and training certifications. It provides an external [...]
Purpose: • To provide rules surrounding campaigning by nominees during the campaign period leading up to the election for Board Positions at the Annual General Meeting. Policy: 1. The [...]
Purpose: • To provide clarification on provision of a Membership Certificate Seal following membership renewal, and to clarify limits on replacement seals, due in part to the potential of fraudulent [...]
Purpose: • To provide clarification on the Standards of Practice Statement “Ensures that all equipment is cleaned, inspected and maintained on a regular basis. A written record of all repairs, [...]
Guidelines for Best Practice: Updated August 17, 2020 Preface Manual Osteopathic Practice is therapy that focuses on treating the whole body as a unit, rather than the sum of its [...]