Melissa Madsen RMT

Did you know this about Massage Therapy in Ontario? 👇

Under current regulations, an RMT cannot treat their spouse as a patient.

Because of the way the law is written (under the Regulated Health Professions Act), if a healthcare provider treats someone they’re in a sexual relationship with—even a spouse—it is automatically classified as sexual abuse of a patient.

Sounds extreme, right? That’s because the rule was designed as a zero-tolerance policy to protect patients from power imbalances in healthcare settings.

But here’s the interesting part…

👉 The College of Massage Therapists of Ontario (CMTO) is now proposing a spousal exemption, which would allow RMTs to treat their spouse without it being classified this way.

✔️ Many other healthcare professions in Ontario already have this exemption
✔️ It would better reflect real-life relationships
✔️ Safeguards would still be in place to protect the public

This change has NOT happened yet—so the current rule still applies.

What do you think? Should RMTs be allowed to treat their spouse?

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Pretty excited to do this course! It used to be known as “Mayan Abdominal Massage” I looked it up and found out that they are offering this finally in Ontario!!!! It was always Alberta or Nova Scotia. Yay!!