OMTA - The Oregon Massage Therapists Association
Serving Licensed Massage Therapists since 1985
Welcome!


OMTA is an alternative grass-roots professional organization.
We are a diverse, eclectic membership, dedicated to a collaborative, consensus process.
We support creative new ideas and flexibility.
We have a local Oregon identity, are self-authorized, and self-created.

 

NOTICE:
Due to declining membership and a lack of volunteers to run the organization, the Executive Committee has voted to close the organization. Beginning January 1, 2018, we no longer accepted new members and no longer accepted renewals. OMTA ceased operations on December 31, 2018, but remains as a shell organization, waiting until volunteers are found to reorganize and run the organization.

Member benefits for remaining members will continue as normal.


OMTA Partners with LCC for Low Cost Continuing Education

OMTA, partnering with Lane Community College, has formed the Lane County Massage & Bodyworkers Organization. On the first Monday of every month we offer an ongoing series of continuing education subjects at the downtown campus in Eugene. Attendance is free, but there is a $5 fee for OMTA members to receive a Continuing Education Certificate. Non-members pay $10.

 

Ethics

The OBMT requires LMTs to complete four contact hours of continuing education each two-year renewal period. OMTA's former president, Robert Bike teaches a four-hour ethics class at Lane Community College every month. See his website for details.

 

Past Presidents Council

The Past Presidents Council is now running OMTA. Robert Bike and Melody Morton Gandy are temporarily in charge of all OMTA functions, as the two past presidents willing to serve.


LICENSING:

For questions regarding the licensing and regulatory agency for massage in the state of Oregon, please visit the Oregon Board of Massage Therapists.

 

 

OMTA is a 501(c)(6) Non-Profit Corporation. According to the IRS, contributions are not deductible as charitable contributions on the donor's federal income tax return. They may be deductible as trade or business expenses if ordinary and necessary in the conduct of the taxpayer's business. Contact your tax consultant if this affects you. © 2019 Oregon Massage Therapists Association. This web site is maintained by OMTA's Past Presidents Council.