About US
History of ALMT
The ALMT was established in early 2008 after the AMTA-MN appointed the Government Relations Chair Jeremy Miller in late fall 2007 to lead the ALMT effort.
Fall of 2011 the AMTA-MN decided to separate the roles of Government Relations Chair, City Ordinance Chair and ALMT Chair. Jeremy Miller currently serves as the Government Relations Chair, City Ordinance Chair is open at this time and the AMTA-MN appointed a new ALMT Chair Rachel Romanelli. The ALMT chair sits on the AMTA-MN Government Relations Committee, and is not a member of the AMTA-MN board.
November of 2011 the ALMT committee was reformed and re-organized to include a wide range of members and organizations. The purpose of the committee is to discuss and disseminate relevant and current legislative activities to their respective organizations and memberships, with the goal to increase education and awareness of legislative activities.
Current committee members are:
ALMT Chair: Rachel Romanelli, LMP-WA St, NCTM
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2. Jean Robinson, Government Relations Director,
Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals, jean@abmp.com
3. Maria Leonard, MBA, MT, Reiki Master, Network Dean of Massage Therapy
Globe University/Minnesota School of Business, mcleonard@globeuniversity.edu.
Legislative History:
Minnesota is currently one of 7 states with no state-wide regulation for Massage Therapists.
The effort to pass a Massage Therapy credentialing law has been underway in Minnesota since 1991. In the absence of a state-level regulation, we are left with two forms of regulations:
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1. Local "Home rule", where each city can pass its own "License" requirement, which is really just a business permit and with a few exceptions, requires little or no Massage Therapy training or experience.
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2. Since 2001 we have been under the auspices of the MN "CAP Law", (Complementary and Alternative Practices) which requires Massage Therapists and other CAP providers make available a CAP Client Bill of Rights. This law, (MN Statute 146A) has had subtle changes over the years, and with those changes, the things that are required to be a part of each CAP Client Bill of Rights has changed with it. To find out more see "Client Bill of Rights Template" see page of this site, we have a free template that you may use to make sure your Bill of Rights is up to date.)
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