"Medizinischer Masseur" is regulated according to the national legislation “Gesundheitsgesetz Art. 7 ff sowie Gesundheitsverordnung Art. 51 bis 53” (185, 186). The work specifications include water-, heat- chill- and electrotherapy as well as manual massage.
The educational level is at least two years of training at an approved school of medicinal massage. The law describes in detail post-graduate training and restrictions of treatment like diagnoses and prescriptions.
Massage is registered with two professions in the EU regulated professions database as follows:
Masseur/Massage therapist/Spa therapist/Masseur-Aesthetician is a directly related regulated profession with title “Medizinischer Masseur” recognized under Directive 2005/36/EC (5), ID 3304. General system of recognition- primary application. Qualification level: SEC – Certificate attesting the completion of a secondary course, Art. 11 b (7).
Masseur/Massage therapist/Spa therapist/Masseur-Aesthetician is a directly related regulated profession with title “Medizinischer Masseur” recognized under Directive 2005/36/EC (5), ID 287. General system of recognition- primary application. National legislation: Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. l Gesundheitsgesetz, LGBl. 2008 Nr. 30 iVm. Art. 51 ff Gesundheitsverordnung, LGBl. 2008 Nr. 39. Qualification level: SEC – Certificate attesting the completion of a secondary course, Art. 11 b (7).
5. DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications (Text with EEA relevance) (OJ L 255, 30.9.2005, p. 22) Amended up to March 2011, (2005).
7. The European Commission. Regulated professions database. Brussels: EUROPA; 2011 [cited 2012 February 10, ]; Available from: http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/qualifications/regprof/index.cfm?fuseaction=regProf.index.
185. Gesundheitsgesetz (GesG) vom 13.Dezember 2007. Liechtensteinisches Landesgesetzblatt 811.01, Jahrgang 2008, Nr. 30, am 31 Januar 2008, Parliament of Liechtenstein(2007).
186. Gesundheitsverordnung(GesV) vom 29. Januar 2008. Liechtensteinisches Landesgesetzblatt 811.011, Jahrgang 2008, Nr. 39, am 1 Februar 2008, Parliament of Liechtenstein(2008).
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Useful link: http://www.llv.li/amtsstellen/llv-agd-home.htm.
