College of Massage Therapists

October 18th, 2021 On Friday, October 15th, 2021 Premier Furey made an announcement regarding mandatory vaccinations.  Please see the news release here Mandatory Vaccination Policy Details – News Releases (gov.nl.ca).   Based on this announcement, all health care professionals, including RMT’s will be required to be fully vaccinated as of December…

October 13th, 2021 There have been many questions around the vaccination passport that was announced on Friday, October 8th, 2021.  Please see below for clarification: All Registered Massage Therapist fall under private health care and are not required to implement the vaccine passports system.  Health care is an essential service…

Based on the update from Department of Health and Community Services today effective Wednesday, September 22 at 12:01 a.m., towns and communities along Routes 410 to 419 on the Baie Verte Peninsula will move to Alert Level 3.   Please see https://www.gov.nl.ca/covid-19/alert-levels/alert-level-3/ .for details on alert level 3.   All other areas…

September 18th, 2021 Public Health passed a new special measures order effective Saturday, September 18th, 2021 at 12:01 a.m to make masks mandatory once again. This means all RMT’s and their clients must wear a mask for treatments. The link to the Special Measures order is Masks-Sep-18.pdf (gov.nl.ca).

AUGUST 8TH, 2021 COVID-19 Guidelines Guideline Description Client group General public, including the vulnerable group. Number of clients treated per day NO Maximum number of treatments Length of Treatments NO Maximum length of treatments Time Between Clients NO minimum time between treatments Cleaning/ Disinfecting Cleaning according to Standards of Practice…

The CMTNL AGM for the 2021 year will be on Saturday, September 18th, 2021 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm by Zoom. A link will be sent the week of the AGM. Please email registrar@cmtnl.ca to confirm attendance and receive the link.

As the province is about to open to the rest of Canada in July we remind RMTs the importance of screening and following guidelines.  COVID Screening: RMTs can treat clients who travelled outside of the province  at their own or their clinic’s discretion  RMTs are allowed to require a maximum…

April 9th, 2021 RE: Clients who are medically exempt from wearing masks Any client that is medically unable to wear a mask must provide documentation for your file. The client can wear a face shield at any time possible (entering the clinic, while laying face up, ect..) Take all precautionary…

Based on the update from Department of Health and Community Services on Wednesday, March 24th, 2021 the province of Newfoundland and Labrador is moving to Alert Level 2 on Saturday, March 27th, 2021 at 12:01 am.  The CMTNL is requiring that all RMT’s in Newfoundland and Labrador follow Phase 2…

Good morning Due to the ongoing situation with COVID -19, the CMTNL is postposing the deadline for Registration Renewals until April 30th, 2021.  There is no change to the fees.  Please ensure that when you send your registration renewal it includes your signed renewal form, payment and a valid first…