# Ontario's massage therapy regulator requires the registered therapist to assess each patient, plan treatment and decide on referral using their own professional judgement

Page: https://flyvolo.ai/en/changes/ev-20260908-massage-therapist-6
Date: 2026-09-08 · Stage: Constraint
Can this record move a task judgement? yes
Occupation: https://flyvolo.ai/en/careers/massage-therapist

## Scope

Ontario, Canada. The regulator's standard of practice says the registered massage therapist must obtain informed consent before conducting an assessment, assess the patient using their knowledge, skills and professional judgement to determine whether massage therapy is indicated, develop a treatment plan from that assessment, and refer the patient when another practitioner can better address their needs. It binds registered therapists in one province; it does not reach unregistered spa massage, and it says nothing about what machines can do.

## Source

- College of Massage Therapists of Ontario — Standard of Practice: Patient-Centred Care (approved September 8, 2026) — https://www.cmto.com/rules/standard-of-practice-patient-centred-care/ (primary source)

## What this means

In Ontario, deciding whether and how to treat a patient is the registered therapist's own professional act.

## What it does not show yet

One province's rule for registered therapists; it says nothing about spa massage or about tools that support the assessment.

## How to verify it yourself

Open the CMTO Standard of Practice: Patient-Centred Care and find "using the RMT's/MT's knowledge, skills and professional judgement".


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