GREETINGSFROMTHECHAIR
Without a doubt, the most important component of the National Certification program is the certificants. We are here to serve you and protect your interests on a national level, as well as to strengthen and support your commitment and your dedication to the profession of massage therapy and bodywork. National Certification is sometimes viewed as just an exam. Let me tell you, it is WAY more than an exam. The directors who sit on the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork are dedicated to the maintenance and improvement of the understanding and acceptance of your profession. As a national organization, we have the platform and opportunities available to us that are not viable for an individual partner. Here are a few of the ways that we represent your interests.

ï We engage in educational outreach efforts to legislative and regulatory bodies to protect your right to legislate your own profession.
ï We work with your alumni schools to support the maintenance and improvement of educational standards that validate your level of knowledge amongst your peers.
ï We educate your employer population on the value of your credential to validate your skills and abilities as a practitioner and to increase and improve employment opportunities available to certificants.
ï We administrate a legally defensible evaluation tool in the form of an examination that employers and consumers can trust, affording you immediate respect and rapport.
ï We approve continuing education within your profession through our Continuing Education Provider Review Panel, supporting your continual learning.
ï We create reciprocity of standards between states to bring a widely accepted understanding of knowledge, skills, and abilities of a massage therapist or bodyworker. This supports the publicís understanding of the standards of your work, as well as expands and gives flexibility to your employment opportunities.
ï We safeguard your image by creating and holding the highest of ethical standards of practice in the profession.
ï We proactively monitor and respond to trends in your profession and disseminate information to you so you can be more than a practitioner - you can be a part of your profession.

    These are only a few of the things we do. I could go on and on and on! Throughout my term as Chair of the National Certification Board, we will be working on many things that are part of the strategic plan. We are also focused this year on assisting you in the recertification process by revolutionizing our continuing education and recertification programs. We are working to introduce a program that will make your upcoming recertification easier and jam-packed with new ways to meet your continuing education requirements. Stay tuned! Iím looking forward to a great year of leadership with this organization, all with the focus of bringing the value of the credential of National Certification to your employers, your clients, all our stakeholders, and especially YOU! Thank you for your continued support!

Susan Scoboria, Chair  

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NCBTMB Elects Its
New Executive Committee
The National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (NCBTMB) announces the election of its new executive committee. The committee consists of the chair, chair-elect and the secretary/treasurer, each office will be held for a term of one year. At the Board of Directors meeting in May, members of the Board elected Whitney Lowe as the chair-elect and William Stoehs as the secretary/treasurer. Last year, Susan Scoboria was elected to the position of chair-elect and will now assume the role of chair. Dr. Christine D. Niero, executive director of the NCBTMB, also serves on the executive committee as an ex-officio member.

Susan Scoboria, NCTMB, Chair-Elect
Susan Scoboria, of Westport, Conn., is the administrative and admissions director for the Westport branch of the Connecticut Center for Massage Therapy and the former director of admissions for the New York College for Holistic Health Education and Research. Her areas of special interest include standards of practice and standards of education in the holistic health professions, specifically in the field of therapeutic massage and bodywork. She received her B.A. in holistic studies from Norwich University and received her diploma in massage therapy from the Connecticut Center for Massage Therapy. Ms. Scoboria served as an on-site team evaluator for the Commission on Massage Training Accreditation and as a subject matter specialist for the National Program on Non-collegiate Sponsored Instruction. She is a former member of the Connecticut Chapter of the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA), as well as a member of the AMTA Council of Schools. Here, she served as chair for the membership committee and participated in their strategic planning process.

Whitney Lowe, NCTMB
Whitney Lowe, of Bend, Ore., is the owner and director of the Orthopedic Massage Education and Research Institute (OMERI). Mr. Loweís specialty is working with soft tissue pain and injury conditions, in particular in the area of orthopedics and sports medicine. Mr. Lowe received his B.A. in psychology from the University of Georgia, completed some graduate work from Georgia State University, and received his massage and bodywork training from the Atlanta School of Massage. In addition to his practice, Mr. Lowe is an instructor of continuing education workshops and serves as a member of the editorial advisory board for the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies. He also serves NCBTMB as a board liaison for the nomination committee.

William F. Stoehs, public member
William F. Stoehs, of Palm Harbor, Fla., is a consultant in the telecommunications industry. Previously, Stoehs was the Vice President of Sales and Marketing with Progress Telecommunications Corporation. Mr. Stoehs serves as the board liaison to the bylaws committee. He holds an M.B.A. in Marketing from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a B.B.A. in Management from Lamar University. Stoehs is also a retired Captain in the U.S. Naval Reserve.

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New Board Members Elected

Garnet Adair

Tree Bright

Elaine Calenda

NCB certificants elect three individuals to serve on the NCB Board of Directors for three-year terms. They are Garnet Adair, Tree Bright, and Elaine Calenda.
For 12 years, Garnet Adair has been a Massage Therapist at the Right Touch Massage in Tucson, Arizona. She is a massage instructor at the Desert Institute of the Healing Arts, where she was graduated in 1989. She brings to the NCBTMB Board of Directors vast experiences of contribution to the NCB, most recently as chair of the NCBTMB Ethics and Standards Committee. In that capacity, her efforts were instrumental in the implementation and development of the NCB Standards of Practice.
    Tree Bright is a massage therapist in private practice in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She has also served as a Program Coordinator and Instructor at Forsyth Technical Community College. Bright has contributed to many professional organizations in the massage therapy and bodywork industry, and participates in the North Carolina Law and Legislation Task Force. She was graduated at the University of South Carolina where she received a Bachelor of Media Arts.
    New Board Member Elaine Calenda, who has been a massage therapist in private practice since 1979, serves as the Clinical Education Director at Boulder College of Massage Therapy in Colorado. She is also the creative director for anatomical chart design with Digit Press Publishing. She has volunteered her time for the NCBTMB, and the AMTA Special Committee on Standards of Care. She received her diploma from the Swedish Institute School of Massage and Allied Sciences and European Kinesiology. She currently studies at the Boulder College of Massage Therapy.
    As board members, Adair, Calenda, and Bright will work to fulfill the NCBTMB mission, which is ìto foster high standards of ethical and professional practice in the delivery of services through a recognized credible credentialing program that assures the competency of practitioners of therapeutic massage and bodywork.î Among other responsibilities, they will work toward achieving the goals and objectives set forth in the NCB Strategic Plan. They will also participate in decisions that will affect the entire population of the NCBTMB, declare conflicts of interest, and conduct business by following the NCBTMB established policies and procedures.

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FROMTHEPASTCHAIR
By Neal Cross, PhD, NCTMB
The year has gone by at lightening speed. I want to thank all of my colleagues on the Board for their cooperation and especially the members of the Executive Committee who have been there when I needed them. I would like to congratulate the newly elected board members: Garnet Adair, Elaine Calenda, and Tree Bright. I leave office knowing that my successor, Susan Scoboria, will do an outstanding job as Chair of NCBTMB.
    As you may know, one of the most important tasks required of the Board of Directors is the development of a strategic plan. During strategic planning sessions, the Board sets goals that NCB can strive to attain. (On page 5, there is a strategic plan update, which lists NCB's priorities and how NCB committees are working to achieve these priorities.) I am very proud to report that during my tenure as Chair, I feel the NCBTMB has successfully accomplished many of its primary goals set forth in the NCBTMB Strategic Plan. Some of the highlights of our accomplishments include: recognition of the National Certification Exam by 30 states and the district; improved services such as the Practitioner Locator Program for our certificants, prospective employers and the general public; increased the total number of certificants to over 45,000; successfully promoted the worth of the national certification program through the use of a public relations firm (nearly 450,000,000 impressions); began to take the steps required to create an advanced certification.
    Without the vision, leadership and commitment of three individuals, NCBTMB would not have been able to accomplish the strategic plan highlights listed above as well as the countless other tasks that are not listed. I send my sincere thanks to these individuals, outgoing board members Cliff Korn, Kate Jordan, and Marlene Cohen. I know they will continue to be successful in the endeavors they pursue in the future. I will continue to serve the board as immediate past chair in whatever capacity the board deems appropriate and continue to spread the message of the significance of touch in human health and well being. Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to serve you.

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Mississippi Becomes the 24th State to Accept a National Credential for Massage
Senate Bill Passed to Regulate Massage Therapy in Mississippi The National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) announces that the Mississippi Professional Massage Therapy Act has been passed to regulate massage therapy in the State of Mississippi.
Consumers and employers in Mississippi can now be assured of having the means to identify individuals that practice massage and/or bodywork in a safe and ethical manner.
    As part of this Act, the National Certification Examination for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCETMB), the examination component of the nationally accredited program in the field of massage and bodywork, continues to be recognized as a valid and reliable measurement tool for entry-level competency. Mississippi becomes the twenty-fourth state to recognize or utilize the NCE, either in statute or in rule.
    Certification from NCBTMB requires successful completion of the NCE, as well as the completion of a minimum of 500 in-class hours of formal education and training. In order to maintain certification, Nationally Certified Practitioners must complete 50 hours of continuing education during the four-year certification period and perform at least 200 hours of therapeutic massage and/or bodywork. Certificants must also remain in good standing with the NCBTMB, which means full compliance with the Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics.
    ìAs more Americans turn to massage and bodywork therapies, regulation of the industry is crucial,î said Christine D. Niero, PhD, executive director of the NCBTMB. ìWe are pleased that the State of Mississippi is taking steps to bring legitimacy to the industry, and we feel that their recognition of our exam is a great achievement for NCBTMB. Through the use of our exam and credential, our goal is for all massage therapists and bodyworkers to uphold the highest standards of ethical and professional practice.î
    National Certification strives not only to protect the profession, but also to protect consumers and employers by ensuring that individuals who obtain this credential possess the core body of knowledge and skills necessary to perform safely and effectively at entry-level. For practitioners, National Certification reflects a commitment to professional and ethical service, as well as a commitment to self-improvement. Employers benefit from working with Nationally Certified Practitioners because the credential stands for quality, consistency and professional service. In addition, consumers who choose Nationally Certified Practitioners have the benefit of knowing their interests are being protected and that they are being served by a professional whose practices are aligned with a national standard. If a Nationally Certified Practitioner does not comply with the NCBTMBís Standards of Practice or engages in a behavior that violates the NCBTMB Code of Ethics, a complaint or grievance can be filed to the Ethics and Standards Committee.
    Americans spend between $2 and $4 billion annually on visits to massage and bodywork practitioners, totaling approximately 75 million visits each year. Massage therapy and bodywork is used by a wide array of people seeking the many benefits of massage, including physical relaxation, reduced anxiety, increased circulation and pain relief.

About NCBTMB
    The NCBTMB is an independent, private, non-profit organization, founded in 1992. Its core purpose is to foster high standards for therapeutic massage and bodywork professionals and to advocate for the public acceptance of the value of these standards and the professionals who uphold them. Currently, over 40,000 Nationally Certified massage therapists and bodyworkers reside in the United States. Additional information can be found at www.ncbtmb.com.

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NCBNEWS
National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork Job Task Analysis Initiative Near the end of the year, the NCBTMB will begin working on its next Job Analysis. The Job Analysis is a type of descriptive research that provides content-related evidence of validity for a certification or licensing program that uses an examination.
    This Job Analysis will provide the NCBTMB with valuable information that will formulate a detailed description of job-related tasks, the extent to which they are performed, and their importance for entry-level practice in therapeutic massage and bodywork. The data gathered during the Job Analysis will be used as a guide in determining what areas of content should appear on the National Certification Examination for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCE), as well as in what proportion. By using the results of the Job Analysis, the NCBTMB is able to maintain a legally defensible examination that accurately reflects current standards of practice in the therapeutic massage and bodywork profession.
    The NCBTMB has chosen to conduct a Job Analysis every five years. Doing so will ensure that the certification program remains current and consistent with the standard knowledge, skills and abilities essential for competent practice of massage therapy and/or bodywork at the entry-level. This conscious decision by the NCBTMB is in-line with those best practices for test development as identified in the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing1 and by the Uniform Guidelines for Employee Selection Procedures2.
    A number of Nationally Certified Practitioners may be called upon to provide input during the survey portion of the NCBTMBís Job Analysis. If selected during the random, stratified sampling process, practitioners may be asked to comment on the importance, relevance and necessity of certain skills and knowledge areas for entry-level practice. The NCBTMB will use these responses to update the Content Outline from which the exam is created. The NCBTMB Content Outline is essentially a blueprint for the exam.
    To learn more about the Content Outline and the National Certification Program, visit the NCBTMB at www.ncbtmb.com. If you have additional questions regarding the NCBTMBís Job Analysis process, contact a member of the NCBTMB staff at 703-610-9015.
    ¹ American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association and the National Council on Measurement in Education (1999). Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing. (3rd edition). Washington, DC: American Educational Research Association. 
    ² EEOC Civil Service Commission, Department of Labor Department of Justice (1978). Adoption by four agencies of uniform guidelines on employee selection procedures. Federal Register, 43(166), 38, 290-38, 315. 

Spreading the Word 
    NCB representatives travel to nearly 30 exhibits, meetings, and conferences every year. The purpose of participating in these events is to educate the general public about the benefits of National Certification, and to provide an opportunity to interact with Nationally Certified Practitioners, candidates, other professionals and community leaders. 

    During the first quarter of 2001, NCB representatives have hosted exhibit booths at the California Massage and Bodywork Convention, and the New England Regional AMTA Conference. NCBís board members, in addition to committee chairs, have represented the NCB at events such as the International Health, Racquet, and Sportsclub Association meeting and the Beyond the Dura conference sponsored by the Upledger Institute. 

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STRATEGICPLANUPDATE  
Editorís Note: In the past, this space in the NCB Connection had been reserved for the regularly featured column, ìCommittee Updates.î In that regular feature, each committee chair reported on the status of their current projects, as well as any pending business.
    Last year, the NCBTMB Board of Directors adopted the Strategic Plan, which requires NCB committee chairs and other leaders to work together toward a common set of goals and objectives. The purpose of the Strategic Plan is to ìfoster high standards for therapeutic massage and bodywork professionals and public acceptance of the value of these standards and the professionals who uphold them.î The Planís goals and objectives were designed to lay the foundation for all NCB action during the next three to five years.
    Beginning with this issue of the Connection, the ìStrategic Plan Updateî will replace the ìCommittee Updatesî feature. It will focus on goals and priorities of the Plan, and report on how NCB committees are working to achieve NCB's these objectives. As before, committee chairs will continue to submit their Strategic Plan status reports to the board. Those reports will be published here for your knowledge of recognizing how NCB leaders are working to complete the goals of the Plan.
    For a copy of the NCBTMB Strategic Plan, contact the NCB office at 703-610-9015.

Goal 1: Scope of Certification Program
The NCBTMBís National Certification Program is dynamic, in sync with the practice of massage therapy and bodywork and reflective of the professionís evolution.

Objectives:
1.2 Increase acceptance and recognition of NCBTMB, its credential and the program by our stakeholder population. 1.3 Continue an ongoing dialogue on what we are currently certifying and other certification opportunities for future efforts.
1.4 Expand educational outreach to regulatory bodies at state and local levels

Goal 4: NCB Positioning
The NCBTMB program is respected as a model of excellence within the certification community.

Objective:
4.4 Continue to evaluate and improve the quality of all parts of the NCBTMB program, particularly certification, recertification, and CE (category A) NCB accreditation.

CE Provider Review Panel
Chair, Jean Loving
4.4 Continue to evaluate and improve the quality of all parts of the NCBTMB program, particularly certification, recertification, and CE (category A) NCB accreditation. The panel members have reviewed the criteria for approving Continuing Education Providers and provided a comparative analysis of NCBís processes to other professional certification programs. They have also reviewed the definition of Continuing Education as developed by the CE/Recert Task Force. They have refined the definitions of Category A and Category B courses, and revised the current Category A criteria. Their future action plans involve creating a database of CE Providers.

Recertification Committee
Chair, John Kelley
4.4 Continue to evaluate and improve the quality of all parts of the NCBTMB program, particularly certification, recertification, and CE (category A) NCB accreditation.

    The committee members have been working to identify the continuing education that certified practitioners seek, and identify and alter standards required for meaningful recertification. They are reviewing the current NCB policies and procedures relevant to recertification needs, and are in the process of completing their review of files for last year, as well as data gathered from a recertification survey. In addition, they have been working in conjunction with the Recertification/ Continuing Education Task Force to examine trends in the certification industry, and certification policies of other professions. This research will allow the committee and task force members to create a recertification program that will enable certificants to maintain compentency and provide greater flexibility in options for certificants to renew their national certification status.
    The committeeís future actions include defining standards for recertification.

Government Relations Committee
Sally Hacking, Chair
1.2 Increase acceptance and recognition of NCBTMB, its credential and the program by our stakeholder population. 1.4 Expand educational outreach to regulatory bodies at state and local levels

Members of the Government Relations Committee have begun to assemble an NCBTMB Government Relations Packet. The contents of this packet will include:

ï Introductory letter
ï General Informational Document
ï State Regulation Status
ï Utilization of the National Certification Examination Document
ï NCBTMB GRC Position Statement
ï NCBTMB Standards of Practice
ï NCBTMB Code of Ethics
ï Candidate Handbook
ï Portfolio Review Candidate Handbook
ï Requirements for Recertification

    The Government Relations Packet will be used as a marketing tool to illustrate the importance of NCBTMB to state and city/county legislators. The committee members are currently exploring the format and associated costs for this project, and anticipate the final product to be available to the board members at their October 2001 meeting.

Examination Committee
Chair, Elaine Calenda
1.3 Continue an ongoing dialogue on what we are currently certifying and other certification opportunities for future efforts.

    The committee members have worked to create and maintain a current database of item writers for the development of the NCE. In doing so, they have identified current resources, recruited writers and reviewed the items on the exam. They continue to work toward establishing criteria for item writers and methods of recruitment. In addition, the Exam Committee continues to monitor the performance of the NCE and its item bank.

Other NCB Committees:
Bylaws
Chair, Ray Moriyasu

Eligibility
Chair, Elliot Greene

Ethics and Standards
Chair, Marion B. Visel
Co-Chair, Paul Levatino

Nominating Committee
Chair, Marlene Cohen

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CATEGORY A 
APPROVEDPROVIDERS

Academy of Medical and
Business Careers
2080 East Flamingo #115
Las Vegas, NV 89119
702-369-5472
academymed@hotmail.com
Various courses

AMTA New Hampshire Chapter
8 Tokanel Road
Windham, NH 03087
603-898-7194
clifflmt@adelphia.net
Ethics, Legal, Shoulder Anatomy

Dr. Rosita Arvigo
c/o Colletta Aberdale
43 Beacon Street
Northampton, MA 01062
413-586-2706
colletta@mediaone.net
Arvigo Massage Techniques

Lucinda Babin
16 Meadow Creek Lane
North Yarmouth, ME 04097
207-829-4303
moonfthr@hotmail.com
Aromatherapy

Nelson Bach USA
Wilmington Technology Park
100 Research Drive
Wilmington, MA 01887
800-24-0843
www.nelsonbach.com
Homestudy, Bach Flower Essences
Seminars

Cassandra Batson
372 Broadway
Newport, RI 02840
401-846-4956
Chair Massage

Jim Berns
7811-B Stefenoni Court
Sebastopol, CA 95472
707-823-8061
NedraJimB@cs.com
Various courses and Ethics

Lee Chaffee
477 East Mountain Road, #2
Peterborough, NH 03458
603-924-0023
Russian Method Seated Massage

Anna Cocilovo
PO Box 10602
Prescott, AZ 86304
520-445-0141
cocilovo@webtv.net
Acupuncture Meridians/Color Therapy

Louis DíAndrea
PO Box 1179
Livingston Manor, NY 12758
845-439-3441
Louella@in4web.com
Musculoskeletal Pain & Assessment

Mark Dargan Smith
PO Box 4069
Santa Fe, NM 87502
505-820-7473
MDSND@aol.com
Naturopathic Stretches/Body Alignment

Clair Davies
3005 Arrowhead Drive
Lexington, KY 40503
859-223-2263
clairdavies@aol.com
Trigger Point Therapy

Dr. Elliot Diamond
243 Race Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
215-592-0516
ONE Model

Sherri Dickson
2722-A Wilmot Avenue
Columbia, SC 29205
803-256-6242
Various courses

Barry Gillespie
193 Church Road
Devon, PA 19333
610-964-1697
Brain Therapy for Children and Adults

Gary Harvell
6208 Natalie NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110
505-883-1398
Progressive Release Myotherapy

Healing Touch Bodywork
Education
830 Maple Lane
Garbeville, CA 95542
707-923-1081
dking@asis.com
Deep Tissue courses

John Heidenreich
32945 Detroit Road
Avon, OH 44011-2017
440-937-5580
reflexrcllc@hotmail.com
Reflexology

Anthousa Helena
3900 Galt Ocean Drive, #704
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308
954-563-4931
anthousa@webtv.net
SOL Method-Chromotherpeutics

The Janet G. Travell, MD
Seminar Series
7830 Old Georgetown Road, Suite C-15
Bethesda, MD 20814-2432
301-656-0220
Calhoun@painpoints.com
Myofascial Pain Workshops

Johnson County Community College
12345 College Boulevard
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-469-4422
www.jccc.net
Sports Massage, Back Stack

Martin Klein
1921 Escambia Avenue
Pensacola, FL 32503
850-437-9192
NMT Courses

Til Luchau
3514 Nyland Way
Lafayette, CO 80026
303-499-8811
til@tilluchau.net
Various courses

Robert McAtee
Pro-Active Massage Therapy
1119 North Wahsatch, #1
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
719-475-1172
stretchman@stretchman.com
Stretching, Sports Massage, Chronic Injuries

Margie Meshew
406 Republic Court
Deerfield Beach, FL 33442
954-429-9213
swethai@cs.com
Various Thai Courses

Mountain Area Health Education
Center (MAHEC)
501 Biltmore Avenue
Asheville, NC 28805
828-257-4471
Ethics Courses

Scot Oí Shea
323 East Magnolia
San Antonio, TX 78212
210-736-6184
scotoshea@yahoo.com
Various courses and Ethics

Ginni Selle
515 East Oak Avenue
Wheaton, IL 60187
630-202-1577
gselle@yahoo.com
Energy course, Hemisync

Craig Tuz
6664 Ashburn Road
Lakeworth, FL 33467
561-901-4585
The Massage Consultant

Victoriaís Waterís Aquatic
Massage Services
8080 St. Jude Circle North
Mobile, AL 36695
334-634-3244
jhayes@bellsouth.net
Aquatic Therapy Techniques

David Zemach-Bersin
59 Pebble Woods Lane
Doylestown, PA 18901
215-230-9208
Feldenkrais Method workshops/training

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RECERTIFICATIONCORNER Donít Forget to Recertify!
If you took the exam in April, May, or June 1997, you should have already recertified. If you haven't, there is still a small window of time with which you can recertify. For details, contact Ed Woods at ewoods@ncbtmb.com. 
    For those certificants who are due to recertify in September 2001, you should have received the Requirements for Recertification Handbook and application form in late April. If you did not receive the handbook, please call 1-800-296-0664, press option 2 and leave your name and address. The handbook will be mailed to you within 24 hours of your request.

Frequently Asked Questions
    If I took a class before passing the NCE, can it be used toward my recertification requirement?
No. Only the continuing education hours that have been earned since you took and passed the NCE can be used to meet your continuing education requirements. Any courses that were taken prior to taking the exam cannot be used toward recertification.

    I recently went to the NCBTMB web site and it is different! Help me find the list of Category A Approved Providers.
1. Go to the home page, www.ncbtmb.com
2. Click on the icon ìKeeping your Certificationî
3. Use the pull down menu at the top of the page to find ìContinuing Education.î Click on ìGO.î
4. Click on the selection ìList of Category A Approved Providers.î
    This will take you to a page that will allow you to search for providers by name or state, or by a particular specialty that interests you.

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NCBTMB Improves Practitioner Locator Service
The NCB is ready to unveil the new and improved Practitioner Locator Program. The new program was created after months of compiling information about Nationally Certified Practitioners and their modalities of practice.
    Currently, the Practitioner Locator Program allows individuals to search for practitioners by name, zip code, phone number or city. The new program will allow individuals to search for Nationally Certified Practitioners based upon their modalities of practice, in addition to name, city, zip code and area code. The program will also provide direct links to that practitionerís email address when available.
    The Practitioner Locator Program was created to educate the public, as well as to serve our certificants and the public interest. The service affords the public an opportunity to find a safe, competent massage anywhere in the United States. Many of the individuals who visit the NCBís web site do so to take advantage of the Practitioner Locator Program. (The NCBTMBís web site averages nearly 500,000 hits every month.) The ìFind A Practitioner in Your Area Pageî is the most viewed page on the NCBTMBís web site.
    If you still havenít registered for the NCBTMBís FREE Practitioner Locator Program, visit the web site at www.ncbtmb.com and click on ìShortcut to Important Forms.î From there, click on ìSubmit an online form to be included in the NCBTMB Practitioner Locator Program.î If you do not have internet access, or if you are unable to submit an online form, call 703-610-9015 to request a Practitioner Locator Program form. Fax the completed form to 703-610-9005. Completed forms can also be mailed to the NCBTMB, Attention: Practitioner Locator Program, 8201 Greensboro Drive, Suite 300, McLean, VA 22102.

CALENDAROFEVENTS    

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NCBTMB
8201 Greensboro Drive, Suite 300
McLean, VA 22102
703-610-9015 … 703-610-9005
1-800-296-0664 (totally automated line)
e-mail: mswiscoski@ncbtmb.com