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Massage Therapist Titles Protection Regulations

made under

Section 5 of the

Massage Therapist Titles Protection Act

S.N.S. 2019, c. 24

O.I.C. 2019-360 (effective January 1, 2020), N.S. Reg. 205/2019

amended to O.I.C. 2022-276 (effective November 15, 2022), N.S. Reg. 257/2022

Table of Contents

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Citation

Definitions

Prescribed associations

Matters to be attested to in annual declaration

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Massage Therapist Titles Protection Regulations .

Definitions

2 In these regulations,

“Act” means the Massage Therapists Titles Protection Act ;

“annual declaration” means an annual declaration to an association required by

clause 3(

e) of the Act.

Prescribed associations

3 All of the following associations are prescribed for the purposes of the definition of

“associations” in

Section 2 of the Act:

(

a) Massage Therapists’ and Wholistic Practitioners’ Association of the

Maritimes;

(

b) Massage Therapists’ Association of Nova Scotia;

(

c) Natural Health Practitioners of Canada;

(

d) Canadian Massage and Manual Osteopathic Therapists Association.

Matters to be attested to in annual declaration

4 All of the following matters are the matters to be attested to in an annual declaration:

(

a) whether the person has been charged with, pleaded guilty to or been found

guilty of any offence inside or outside of Canada that is inconsistent with

the proper professional behaviour of a massage therapist, including a

conviction under any of the following for which no pardon has been

granted:

(

i) the Criminal Code (Canada),

(ii) the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Canada);

(

b) whether the person has been the subject of an investigation or disciplinary

process

(

i) in a jurisdiction that regulates massage therapists, or

(ii) by another association;

(

c) whether the person has been found guilty of a disciplinary finding

(

i) in a jurisdiction that regulates massage therapists, or

(ii) by another association;

(

d) whether the person has had a licensing sanction imposed by a jurisdiction

that regulates massage therapists;

(

e) whether the person has had their membership revoked by another

association.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Massage Therapist Titles Protection Regulations

N.S. Reg.

205/2019

Massage Therapist Titles Protection Act

Note: The

information in these tables does not form part of the regulations and is

compiled by the Office of the Registrar of Regulations for reference only.

Source Law

The current consolidation of the Massage Therapist Titles Protection Regulations made

under the Massage Therapist Titles Protection Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

205/2019

Jan 1, 2020

date specified

Jan 3, 2020

257/2022

Nov 15, 2022

date specified

Dec 2, 2022

The following regulations are not

yet in force and are not included in the current consolidation:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

*See subsection 3(6) of the Regulations Act for

rules about in force dates of regulations.

Amendments by Provision

ad. = added

am. = amended

fc. = fee change

ra. = reassigned

rep. = repealed

rs . = repealed and substituted

Provision affected

How affected

3(d) ...................................................

ad. 257/2022

Note that changes to headings are not

included in the above table.

Editorial Notes and Corrections

Note

Effective

date

Repealed and Superseded

N.S.

Regulation

Title

In force

date

Repealed

date

Note: Only

regulations that are specifically repealed and replaced appear in this

table. It may not reflect the entire

history of regulations on this subject matter.