A person who desires to perform the services of a masseur or masseuse at a massage establishment shall first undergo a physical examination for contagious and communicable diseases, which shall include a recognized blood test for syphillis, a culture for gonorrhea and a test which will demonstrate freedom from tuberculosis, all of which are to be made and interpreted by a licensed physician who is acceptable to the Health Department, as well as such other laboratory tests as are done in a laboratory which is acceptable to the Health Department, as may be necessitated by the above examination. Such person shall then furnish to the Mayor a certificate based upon his or her physical examination and issued within thirty days of such examination, signed by a physician duly licensed by the State and stating that the person examined is either free from a contagious or communicable disease or incapable of communicating such a disease to others by close physical contact. Such person shall submit to the Health Department the certificate required herein prior to commencement of his or her employment and shall undergo such physical examination at least once every six months thereafter. For the purpose of this chapter, a communicable disease is as defined by the Illinois Department of Public Health in Circular 5000, which constitutes part of the rules and regulations promulgated by such Department pursuant to the authority of the Public Health Act of the State of Illinois
(Ch. 111-1/2, Illinois Revised Statutes, Sections 22-24, as amended). (Ord. 435. Passed 1-16-78.)