Alberta government considering regulating massage therapists [Video]

Massage therapy associations in Alberta are working with the province to try and get the profession regulated.

Massage therapy is regulated in B.C., Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island.

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Similar to physicians, those provinces have colleges that enforce professional standards and practices, manage registrations and handle complaints.

“When you look at massage therapy education across the country and in regulated provinces, their whole goal is to make massage therapists that are safe and effective,” said Sarah Ward-Bakken, the executive director of Vicars School of Massage Therapy.

In Alberta, there are a number of massage therapy associations that manage members, but no standardized regulations.

“There is no set standard in either education or a set standard with continuing education or competency that is required to say that this is what meets the …