Okay, so you study like crazy and finally "sit" for the Ohio Massage Therapy Licensure Exam in either June or December. You know you have to wait about 4-6 weeks at the minimum to get your results. Did you pass or not? How will you be notified? What is the earliest you will know? What are the next steps after you find out you passed or failed?
Read on to get some information about what to expect as far as results and when.
First of all, the State of Ohio Medical Board (SMB) committee typically meets the second Tuesday of each month. At the July and January meetings, time is devoted to approving those people who took the massage therapy licensure exam the previous month. Results are made public that same week.
Secondly, you can get your results by:
1. Calling the SMB office at 614-644-5920 on the SECOND THURSDAY of July or December.
2. Checking the SMB website for your name to be listed on the SECOND FRIDAY of July or December (maybe, if lucky, it will be posted on Thursday). Look on this web page on the left side for "Newly Licensed Massage Therapists" and click it to get this list.
3. Waiting for snail mail confirmation of your results (should be ON Saturday or shortly after).
THEN WHAT...
If you PASSED the exam, you might...
1. Get disability insurance especially if you are making massage your full-time gig. Try the information at the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) OR do a Google search for other options.
2. Get a job. Ask your instructors, check your massage school, get out the yellow pages, join your classmates in a business, do an on-line search for a job, check out the chiropractors and gyms that are close by, look for rental space, prepare a room in your home.... The possibilities are endless!
3. Broaden your options by getting certified nationally in massage or as a personal trainer. The latter option will allow you to offer multiple services to the same client (don't need as large a client list!) and is recognized INTERNATIONALLY. The former will allow you to practice massage outside of Ohio in some warm, sunny, beautiful climate!
Those NOT PASSING the exam should...
Wait for their results in the mail to determine if one part of the exam was passed and THEN...
1. If you have failed that part LESS than three times, you can register for the exam again. The letter you receive with your results from the SMB will tell you about the process.
2. If you have failed either part MORE then three times, you must take competency school work just for the part that you failed BEFORE you can retake the SMB exam. There are a limited number of schools that provide this service. You can find all the schools offering competency programs on the medical board web site under the "Information for Massage Schools and Students" tab.
My recommendation is to go to Stark State (Google this to find their web site address) and take their ONLINE class so you have no travel expenses. LOOK IMMEDIATELY on this web site since their class begins SOON after each SMB exam.
Preparing and taking the Ohio massage therapy exam is a stressful event in the lives of most massage therapy students. Knowing how to find you exam scores and when to expect them helps relieve some of that stress. The procedure taken by the medical board in reporting has been fairly consistent over the years. Trusting the process I have outlined above should help with the "unknown."
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