[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 72 (Tuesday, April 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21287-21288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-08521]


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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 March 18, 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''), American Massage Therapy 
Association (``AMTA'') has filed written notifications simultaneously 
with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
additions or changes to its standards development activities. The 
notifications were filed for the purpose of extending the Act's 
provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual 
damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, since its initial 
filing, AMTA, in cooperation with the Alliance for Massage Therapy 
Education, Associated Bodywork & 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 & Bodywork, has published a 
final report and curriculum blueprint of basic, voluntary standards for 
the entry-level curriculum necessary for safe and competent practice in 
an early massage career, including the recommended minimum number of 
hours required to teach the essential components of the entry-level 
curriculum.

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    On June 24, 2013, AMTA filed its original notification pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the Act. The Department of Justice published a notice 
in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on July 18, 
2013 (78 FR 42975).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-08521 Filed 4-14-14; 8:45 am]
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