(A) Any person desiring to obtain a massage practitioner permit shall file a written application under penalty of perjury on the required form with the Chief of Police who shall conduct an investigation. The application shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable filing fee established by separate resolution of the City Council to help defray the cost of the investigation required by this chapter.
(B) The application and fee required pursuant to this section shall be in addition to any other license, permit or fee required by any other chapter of this Code or ordinance hereafter adopted.
(C) The application for a massage practitioner permit shall contain or be accompanied by the following information:
(1) A statement of the exact location at which the applicant will be working as a massage practitioner, including the full street address and all telephone numbers associated with said location. In the event the applicant seeks to conduct out-call massage services not listed in the original application, an additional application and fee must be submitted.
(2) The applicant's complete business, occupation and employment history for eight years preceding the date of application, including, but not limited to, a massage practitioner license or similar type of business history and experience of the applicant;
(3) The complete massage practitioner permit history of the applicant; whether such person has ever had any similar type of permit or license issued by any agency, board, city, county, territory or state; the date of issuance of such a permit or license, whether the permit or license has been or was ever denied, revoked or suspended; if a vocational or professional license or permit has been or was ever denied, revoked or suspended; if the applicant has ever surrendered a permit or license as a result of pending criminal charges or in lieu of said permit or license being suspended or revoked and the reason therefore;
(4) All criminal convictions, including pleas of nolo contendere, within the last ten years including those dismissed or expunged pursuant to Penal Code § 1203.4, but excluding minor traffic violations, and the date and place of each such conviction and reason therefore;
(5) A complete set of fingerprints taken by the police department. The applicant shall be responsible for payment of any fingerprinting fee.
(6) Four portrait photographs of the applicant at least two inches by two inches in size taken within the last month.
(7) A certificate from a medical doctor licensed to practice in the state stating that the applicant has, within at least 30 calendar days immediately preceding the date of application, been examined and found to be free of any contagious or communicable disease.
(8) Such other information and identification as the Chief of Police may require in order to discover the truth of the matters herein specified and as required to be set forth in the application.
(9) Authorization for the city, its agents and employees to seek verification of the information contained in the application.
(10) A statement in writing, and dated, by the applicant that he or she certifies under penalty of perjury that all information contained in the application is true and correct.
(D) Each applicant shall also provide the following personal information concerning the applicant:
(1) The full, true name and all aliases used by the applicant;
(2) Date and place of birth, California driver's license or California identification card, social security card and resident alien card, if applicable.
(3) The current residence address and residence telephone number and all previous residential addresses for a minimum of eight years immediately preceding the present address of the applicant and the dates of residence for each address;
(4) Acceptable written proof that the applicant is at least 18 years of age;
(5) Height, weight, color of hair, eyes and gender.
(E) If, during the term of a permit, a permit holder has any change in information submitted on the original or renewal application, the permit holder shall notify the police department of such change within ten business days thereafter, in writing.
(F) In addition to the above information, each applicant must also furnish:
(1) An original or certified copy of a diploma or certificate and certified transcript of graduation from a recognized school of massage; and
(2) Either one of the following documents:
(a) Proof of passage of an independently prepared and administered national certification exam which has been recognized by objective standards to fairly evaluate professional levels of skill, safety and competence as determined by a qualified massage association; or
(b) Proof of membership or the ability to obtain membership in a qualified massage association.
(G) The applicant must also supply a course description, an outline of material covered, and a letter to the city from the school administrator verifying completion.
(H) The applicant must also supply an original, valid state CPR certificate.
(I) Any outside course of study submitted for approval shall meet the State of California's Office of Post-secondary Education's minimum requirements and shall be for a minimum of completion of 500 hours of on-premises training.
(Ord. 1233, passed 5-4-04)