(a) Persons not authorized to administer massage therapy. A licensee, owner, operator, or manager of a massage therapy establishment may not authorize or permit the administration of massage therapy by a person not authorized to administer massage therapy under Title 6 of the Health Occupations Article of the State Code.
(b) Property owner. The owner of real property where a massage therapy establishment is located may not allow a massage therapy establishment to operate in violation of this title.
(c) Notice; enforcement against a property owner. The Police Department shall notify the owner of the real property where a massage therapy establishment is located if a massage therapy establishment is operated in violation of this title. If the violation remains 30 days after the date of the notice from the Police Department, the property owner shall be subject to enforcement and fines under this title.
(d) Enforcement prohibited. The County may not enforce the provisions of subsection (c) against a property owner if the property owner commences proceedings for breach of lease under § 8-402.1 of the Real Property Article of the State Code based on a violation of this title.
(e) Enforcement. Except as otherwise prohibited in subsection (d), the County may enforce the provisions of this title against the person operating, owning, or managing a massage therapy establishment, or against a property owner, through any appropriate court proceedings and may seek any appropriate forms of relief to restrain or correct a violation of this title, including abatement and injunctive proceedings.
(Bill No. 76-22)