[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 72 (Tuesday, April 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 21288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-08522]


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 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993 --Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation

    Notice is hereby given that, on February 28, 2014, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Commission on Massage 
Therapy Accreditation (``COMTA'') 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: Commission on 
Massage Therapy Accreditation, Washington, DC. The nature and scope of 
COMTA's standards development activities are: developing, planning, 
establishing, coordinating, and publishing accreditation standards for 
both educational institutions and programs offering instruction in 
massage therapy and bodywork or esthetics and skin care and curriculum 
standards development as part of the Coalition of National Massage 
Therapy Organizations. Specifically, COMTA developed, planned, 
established, coordinated, and published 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. COMTA developed and published these standards 
in cooperation with the Alliance for Massage Therapy Education, the 
American Massage Therapy Association, Associated Bodywork & Massage 
Professionals, the Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards, the 
Massage Therapy Foundation, and the National Certification Board for 
Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork.
    Through its standards development activities, COMTA seeks to ensure 
the highest quality of training and education in massage therapy. 
COMTA's standards development activities are ongoing in nature, and 
existing standards may be updated and/or amended from time to time.

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-08522 Filed 4-14-14; 8:45 am]
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