Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 9:59
AM
To: admin@bmbt.org
Subject: Letter from the Coalition of
Massage & Bodywork Instructors for the Ad Hoc Committee meeting on June
30th
Dear
Committee Members,
Input
has been requested from the Coalition of Massage and Bodywork Instructors, in regard to the NC BMBT
discussions considering changing the CE Approved Provider process from the
NCBTMB to the FSMTB. To that end we need to ask some pertinent questions so
that we can have a context for providing usable input. Here are some questions
that the coalition would like you to discuss at the upcoming meeting on June
30th. We are interested in being notified when the meeting minutes are
posted so that we can gain more insight into what is being discussed, planned
and decided in regard to continuing education.
1.
When does the Board estimate the
approximate date to be when they will decide if a new CE approved provider
program is needed?
2.
What are the reasons (besides the 3rd
party legal issue) that the NC BMBT has decided to embrace a whole new CE
approved provider program? What problems exist with the current program that
would not be solved by a contract with the NCBTMB? How will moving to FSMTB
solve those problems?
3.
If chosen, will the FSMTB be approving CE
Providers, or CE courses, or both?
4.
Will the NC BMBT continue to determine what
course content is acceptable and/or not acceptable for LMBT license renewal? Or
will this determination pass to the FSMTB if they are chosen to oversee
providers?
5.
Will courses taught by teachers approved by
NCBTMB continue to be accepted (Our preference)? If not, will there be an
interim period? Can teachers currently approved by NCBTMB and who have been
teaching for a number of years be ‘grandfathered’ in or given streamlined
approval in the new program, should NC BMBT decide to leave the NCBTMB?
6.
Would the new FSMTB teacher approval
program have to be approved and adopted by all the member states for it to go
into effect? Or can each state opt in or out or even have a custom made
program administered by FSMTB? The latter could create a patchwork of
teacher requirements across neighboring states making it difficult for teachers
and therapists to cross state lines to give and take CE courses.
7.
We are CE teachers and we are concerned
about the quality of CE for therapists. Collectively we have hundreds of
years of experience and we would like to help you move forward in a way that
benefits our profession and the public. So we want to be included in your
decision making process. But we can’t give useful input if we don’t know
what proposals you are considering. Is it possible for some of our
members to attend the meetings of the ad hoc committee you have created for CE
or at least receive a detailed report from the committee?
Thank
you for your consideration,
Nancy Toner Weinberger
On behalf of the Coalition of Massage & Bodywork CE
Educators
919-562-1548
http://www.coalitionofmbceinstructors.org/