[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 138 (Thursday, July 18, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 42975]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-17228]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--American Massage Therapy Association

    Notice is hereby given that, on June 24, 2013, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), American Massage Therapy 
Association (``AMTA'') has filed written notifications simultaneously 
with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
(1) the name and principal place of business of the standards 
development organization and (2) the nature and scope of its standards 
development activities. The notifications were filed for the purpose of 
invoking the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust 
plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances.
    Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, the name and principal place 
of business of the standards development organization is American 
Massage Therapy Association, Evanston, IL. The nature and scope of 
AMTA's standards development activities are to develop, plan, 
establish, coordinate, and publish voluntary consensus standards 
applicable to the field of massage therapy.
    Specifically, AMTA develops plans, establishes, coordinates, and 
publishes voluntary consensus standards in the form of basic standards 
for the entry-level curriculum necessary for safe and competent 
practice in an early massage career and the number of hours required to 
teach the essential components of the entry-level curriculum. AMTA 
develops and publishes these standards in cooperation with the Alliance 
for Massage Therapy Education, Associated Bodywork and Massage 
Professionals, the Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation, The 
Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards, the Massage Therapy 
Foundation, and the National Certification Board for Therapeutic 
Massage and Bodywork. Through its standards development activities, 
AMTA seeks to ensure the highest quality of training and education in 
massage therapy. AMTA's standards development activities are ongoing in 
nature, and existing standards may be update and/or amended from time 
to time.

Patricia A. Brink,
 Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-17228 Filed 7-17-13; 8:45 am]
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