FAQs

Maintain and meet your Association membership requirements, including maintaining a non- practicing or inactive membership if required so that you continue to receive regular updates regarding regulation. It will be important for those who want to transition into the College to stay current through updates provided by their respective association for any progress made on the status of regulation.

Those who do not join the College through the transition process must meet the requirements of the College at the time they wish to re-enter the profession.

Once established the College will determine the standards for the educational institutes and Massage Therapy programs. The future College will have the responsibility to educate and inform educational institutions of requirements. Reasonable notice will be provided to massage programs and institutions to make any necessary changes to meet the required standards.

Currently the AWGRMT continues to work closely with the government on revisions requested by the Minister of Health to the application for regulation of Massage Therapists in Alberta. As the AWGRMT completes revisions, these are sent to the government for review and comment, and the AWGRMT integrates the feedback on each revision. This process may go back and forth several times before no additional comments are provided by the government, and the revision is considered completed by the AWGRMT for submission to the Minister of Health. When the requested revisions are completed, the final draft will be sent to the Board [...]

Costs are dependent on many factors including, but not limited to, the number of registrants who join the College, membership retention, the cost for startup and ongoing operations. The costs have yet to be determined.

The Alberta government recognizes the TC-CMTA President as the facilitator who chairs the regular meetings of the AWGRMT and serves as the spokesperson in communication between the AWGRMT and the Government.

The Alberta Working Group for The Regulation of Massage Therapy (AWGRMT) formed in 2021. The Transitional Council for the College of Massage Therapists of Alberta (TC-CMTA) President is the facilitator who chairs the WG. Each of the following organizations provide three representatives to the AWGRMT: Canadian Massage and Manual Osteopathic Therapists Association (CMMOTA) Certified Registered Massage Therapist Association (CRMTA) Massage Therapist of Alberta Association (MTAA) Natural Health Practitioners of Canada (NHPC) The Alberta Regional Massage Therapy Association (ARMTA) has confirmed their support of the Alberta Working Group for The Regulation of Massage Therapy

CMMOTA remains committed to seeing each Province and Territory not currently under regulation for the profession of Massage Therapy, to come under provincial regulation, and see a Regulatory College for Massage Therapy established. In each province we are working with willing partners to see this accomplished, and as the work progresses, we will continue to provide updates to our membership in those provinces.

Under provincial legislation (in Alberta the HPA), health professions are organized into regulatory bodies called “colleges.” These colleges are delegated powers and authorities for self-governance. Regulatory colleges are not post-secondary institutions. Provincial legislation requires that colleges carry out governance responsibilities in a manner that protects and serves the public interest. Health profession colleges do this by: · Setting entry requirements (including required education, practical training, and examinations); · Identifying services provided by regulated members, setting standards for professional practice; · Setting continuing competency requirements; and · Investigating complaints about regulated members and imposing disciplinary actions if required. Regulatory colleges are not [...]

In September of 2020, a revised application for the regulation of Massage Therapy in the Province of Alberta was submitted to the government of Alberta by the Transitional Council for the College of Massage Therapists of Alberta (TC-CMTA). The Minister of Health responded to that proposal, asking for additional information and revisions. Currently the TC-CMTA together with the Canadian Massage and Manual Osteopathic Therapists Association (CMMOTA), the Certified Registered Massage Therapist Association (CRMTA), the Massage Therapist Association of Alberta (MTAA) and the Natural Health Practitioners of Canada Association (NHPC) have formed the Working Group for the Regulation of Massage Therapy in [...]