Students are expected to maintain the highest standards of personal hygiene both in class and when working with clients. This includes no infectious conditions that are unsuitable to perform massage, clean and appropriate clothing, clean hair and body, clean and short fingernails, no perfumes, and clean linens for class training. Smoking is not allowed in the building. Appropriate attire consists of casual clothing which is modest in appearance (ex. polo shirt, pants or walking shorts, closed shoes) and suitable for performing massage.

Students are expected to bring their own lotions, linens, and massage table to class.

Students who show a pattern of absences, violate MIM's regulations or policies, NCBTMB's Code of Ethics, MBLEx Code of ethics, or the State of Maines regulations or policies, interfere with another student's learning, steal or destroy property, are obscene in any way, use, consume or distribute alcohol or illegal drugs on school premises or any school activity, fail to maintain proper hygiene or conduct themselves in an unprofessional manner (as deemed by Donna Kraft-Smith, LMT) are subject to dismissal.