To protect public health, safety, welfare, and morals, the following privilege license provisions and regulations are ordained for the privilege of carrying on the business, trade, or profession of massagist and for the operation or carrying on of the businesses, trades, or professions commonly known as massage parlors, health salons, physical culture studios, or similar establishments wherein massage or physical manipulation of the human body is carried on or practiced. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to:
(A) A regularly established and licensed hospital, sanitarium, nursing home;
(B) An office or clinic operated and regularly used by a duly-qualified and licensed medical practitioner, osteopath, or chiropractor in connection with the practice of medicine, chiropractic, or osteopathy;
(C) Physical fitness programs directly controlled by and conducted on the premise of a governmental agency on the Young Men's Christian Association;
(D) Persons who have graduated from a school or institute of massage therapy which offers a minimum curriculum of 500 hours of classroom instruction, and is licensed by the North Carolina State Board of Community Colleges.
(`58 Code, § 15-30) (Am. Ord. 91-7, passed 2-18-91; Am. Ord. 91-25, passed 10-21-91)