WAC 246-831-040. Educational requirements

Training in reflexology must include a minimum of two hundred hours of instruction. One hour of instruction is defined as fifty minutes of actual instructional time. The two hundred hours shall consist of the following: (1) Thirty hours of reflexology theory, history, zones, reflex maps and relaxation response, and contraindications; (2) Forty hours of in-person, classroom study of body systems as related to reflexology: (a) The study of the leg, feet, hands and outer ears as structures; (b) Hands-on palpation of landmarks and reflex points with sensory identification of palpated areas; (c) A map of reflexes as they are anatomically reflected on the feet, hands and outer ears; and (d) How the reflexes are affected by stimulation to the feet, hands and outer ears through hands-on experience. (3) Thirty hours of anatomy and physiology; (4) Five hours of business practice involving ethics, business standards and local/state laws and ordinances pertaining to the practice of reflexology; (5) Twenty-five hours or more of supervised practicum or clinical work; and (6) Seventy hours of additional course work which can include the practice of documenting client reflexology sessions.