Licensees can now submit mailing address changes and request duplicate licenses online. Step-by-step instructions on the web pages will guide you through the process. Mailing address changes submitted online will be reflected in the licensing system 24 hours after they are submitted. Click here to begin.
The New Mexico Massage Therapy Board is now accepting the MBLEX.
Licensure is required!
Unless specifically exempted by law, massage therapists must be licensed by the Massage Therapy Board to practice in this state. To verify a license and learn more about who must be licensed to offer professional services and/or use the professional title, contact the New Mexico Massage Therapy Board at the phone number and/or e-mail address provided below, or check links in this website.
Our function is to license individuals who use the title of massage therapist, or otherwise represent themselves to be a massage therapist, and to register massage therapy instructors and massage therapy schools.
Massage therapy is a health care service that treats soft body tissues for therapeutic purposes, primarily comfort and relief of pain. Massage therapy does not include the diagnosis or treatment of illness or disease.
The Board takes any required disciplinary action against licensed massage therapists, registered massage therapy instructors, and registered massage therapy schools proven to violate any provision of the Massage Therapy Practice Act or its Rules.
Important Notice
All applications for licensure as a New Mexico Massage Therapist received after November 1, 2006 fall under new curriculum requirements. Those requirements are found in 16.7.4 NMAC, subsection G, section 12.
The new requirements include:
- 165 hours minimum in anatomy and physiology
- 75 hours minimum in general instruction
- 30 hours minimum in professional ethics
For more information, contact
Massage Therapy Board
Toney Anaya Building, Second Floor
2550 Cerrillos Road
Santa Fe, NM 87505
(505) 476-4870
(505) 476-4645 Fax
massage.board@state.nm.us
