{"id":84512,"date":"2026-05-22T13:25:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fqm.qc.ca\/?p=84512"},"modified":"2026-05-22T13:27:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:27:35","slug":"protecting-the-public-and-promoting-ethical-massage-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fqm.qc.ca\/en\/protecting-the-public-and-promoting-ethical-massage-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Protecting the public and promoting ethical massage therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recent media coverage of certain instances of misconduct in the field of massage therapy has raised many questions. The CEO of the FQM spoke with Benoit Dutrizac on\u00a0<em>QUB radio<\/em>\u00a0to discuss the issue.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Protecting the public remains a top priority for the FQM. Several concrete measures are already in place to ensure safe, respectful, and supervised care.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Concrete measures to protect the public<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fqm.qc.ca\/en\/protecting-the-public\/deontologie\/\">Code\u00a0of Deontology<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Syndic and disciplinary proceedings<\/li>\n<li>Structured training that includes\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fqm.qc.ca\/en\/accredited-schools\/\">courses on sexuality and professional ethics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extranet.fqm.qc.ca\/en\/fiches-documents\/health-questionnaires-and-customer-declaration-waiver\">Health questionnaires\u00a0that outline clients&#8217; rights<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Explanation of the procedures and their therapeutic objectives<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fqm.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/depliant.harcelement.pdf\">Information resources<\/a>\u00a0provided to employers to help manage the therapist\u2013client relationship<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fqm.qc.ca\/en\/protection-du-public-mise-en-place-dun-registre-commun-des-radiations\/\">Common registry of expulsions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It was also an opportunity to discuss the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fqm.qc.ca\/en\/protecting-the-public\/massage-therapy-professionalization-project-faq\/\">Massage Therapy Professionalization Project<\/a>, which aims to protect the title of massage therapist, as well as to strengthen oversight and uniformize practice standards.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As you know, the FQM will always be there, through its various initiatives, to build public trust and promote the most wonderful profession in the world: massage therapy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfa7To listen to the full interview (in French), <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uLI-p5u6qjA?si=W4MSaByAUAHtwLXd\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent media coverage of certain instances of misconduct in the field of massage therapy has raised many questions. The CEO of the FQM spoke with Benoit Dutrizac on\u00a0QUB radio\u00a0to discuss the issue. &nbsp; Protecting the public remains a top priority for the FQM. Several concrete measures are already in place to ensure safe, respectful, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":84508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fqm.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fqm.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fqm.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fqm.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fqm.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84512"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fqm.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84514,"href":"https:\/\/www.fqm.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84512\/revisions\/84514"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fqm.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fqm.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fqm.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fqm.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}