Haw. Code R. § 16-84-27 - Examination requirements
(a) An applicant
for a license to practice massage shall complete an apprenticeship program as
outlined in section 16-84-23 or the course of study as a massage student
outlined in section 16-84-48 and pass a written clinical competency examination
in the English language. The board may contract with professional testing
services to prepare, administer, and grade the examination. The examination
shall be designed to test an applicant as follows:
(1) Applicant's knowledge of anatomy,
physiology, and structural kinesiology; and
(2) Applicant's knowledge of the theory of
massage.
A passing grade shall be seventy-five points (75.00). An applicant must have a passing grade in order to be licensed.
(b) The examination shall be
conducted within the State four times a year as determined by the
board.
(c) Blind persons shall not
be exempt from taking the examination to qualify, provided that the written
clinical competency examination may be administered orally.
(d) The deadline for submitting the
application for examination shall be forty-five days prior to the date of the
examination.
(e) An applicant who
has taken the massage examination prior to June 4, 1986 and failed one or more
parts of the examination shall be given credit for the part or parts passed and
be permitted to be reexamined in the parts failed for three consecutive times;
provided that reexamination of parts failed will be allowed only through March
1987. Thereafter the applicant forfeits all previous credits and must retake
the examination and meet the requirements set forth in this section.
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