Notice2025-15690
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-American Massage Therapy Association
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August 18, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 157 (Monday, August 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 40082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15690]
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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 July 25, 2025, pursuant to section
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993,
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the 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 is
engaged in the development of voluntary uniform standards for the safe
and competent practice of massage by a professional massage therapist.
Through its standards development activities, AMTA seeks to ensure the
highest quality of practice in massage therapy. AMTA's standards
development activities include participation of, and input from, a
broad base of organizations and individuals in the massage therapy
profession and other interested parties, including, but not limited to,
bodywork professionals, state licensing boards, massage schools,
accrediting bodies, and parties with a general interest in issues
relating to the profession of massage therapy. AMTA requires that
proposed standards be analyzed through an open, balanced, objective and
deliberative process. AMTA's standards development activities are
ongoing in nature, and AMTA may continue to amend, revise and/or
supplement the uniform standards of massage therapy practice from time
to time.
Suzanne Morris,
Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2025-15690 Filed 8-15-25; 8:45 am]
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