Licensing Exams
The sole licensing examination for massage and bodywork in the United States.
What is the Massage & Bodywork Licensing Examination or MBLEx?
This ensures exam questions are relevant for the occupational license requirements.
What is a Job Task Analysis?
Colby Dixon
Who is FSMTB's Examination Security Manager?
Organization comprised of and governed by state boards and agencies that regulate the massage therapy profession.
What is the Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards?
Assists in license portability among states.
What is the MBLEx?
First year the Massage & Bodywork Licensing Examination was administered.
What is 2007?
From whom FSMTB seeks input for the MBLEx.
Who are massage and bodywork professionals?
Those who have graduated from or obtained massage education from a state-approved program.
Who is eligible to sit for the MBLEx?
... to support its member boards in their work to ensure that the practice of massage therapy is provided to the public in a safe and effective manner.
What is FSMTB's mission?
Provides a uniform, nationwide, entry-level assessment of massage licensure applicants.
What is the MBLEx?
The year the MBLEx became recognized as the sole licensing examination for massage licensure.
What is 2014?
JTA results are analyzed by these important groups.
Who are Subject Matter Experts, Psychometricians and FSMTB Member Board Representatives?
Volunteer group that studies application fraud on behalf of FSMTB.
Who is the FAIR Task Force?
Hosts member online disciplinary remediation courses.
What is REACH?
Provides high level security at MBLEx testing sites.
What is Pearson VUE?
Jurisdictional Report
How do states receive applicants' MBLEx results?
This body must adopt the MBLEx test plan.
Who is the FSMTB Board of Directors?
A group or organization that provides educational credentials with little or no instruction provided.
What is a diploma mill?
Registers continuing education providers, courses and sessions and stores completion records for reference by state licensing boards.
What is the CE Registry?
Takes legal action (at no cost to members) to protect the security and validity of the MBLEx.
What is the FSMTB?
The branch of psychology that deals with the design, administration, and interpretation of quantitative tests for the measurement of psychological variables such as intelligence, aptitude, and personality traits.
What is Psychometrics?
Document that defines the distribution of MBLEx topics.
What is the MBLEx Content Outline?
Final disciplinary action by the FSMTB Board of Directors for cheating or fraud.
What is an MBLEx Result Invalidation?
The common database with licensing, education, and disciplinary information, as well as the ability to store critical documents.
What is the Massage Therapy Licensing Database or MTLD?
Saves state licensing boards and agencies time and money by developing, maintaining and administering the MBLEx.
What is FSMTB?