A therapeutic massage enterprise or therapist license is not required for the following persons and places:
1. Persons duly licensed by this state to practice medicine, surgery, osteopathy, chiropractic, physical therapy, or podiatry, or professional practices licensed or registered by this state and regulated by a governmental body with a board where concerns and complaints could be directed, provided the massage is administered in the regular course of the medical business and not provided as part of a separate and distinct massage business;
2. Persons duly licensed by this state as beauty culturists or barbers; provided such persons do not hold themselves out as giving massage treatments and provided the massage by beauty culturists is limited to the head, hand, neck, and feet and the massage by barbers is limited to the head and neck;
3. Persons working solely under the direction and control of a person duly licensed by this state to practice medicine, surgery, osteopathy, chiropractic, physical therapy, or podiatry or professional practices licensed or registered by this state and regulated by a governmental body with a board where concerns and complaints could be directed;
4. Places duly licensed or operating as a hospital, nursing home, hospice, sanitarium, or group home established for the hospitalization or care of human beings;
5. Students of an accredited institution who are performing massage services in the course of a clinical component of an accredited program of study, provided that the students are performing the massage services at the location of the accredited institution or provided the students are limited to performing massage therapy only on owners or staff of licensed massage enterprises and not on members of the public; or
6. Individuals licensed in another municipality performing massage services as part of a wellness event/expo where such event will not be more than three days in length. Written notice must be provided to the city and must include dates, times, and location(s) of such event.
(Ord. 2024-01, passed 2-14-2024)