A. License Required: It shall be unlawful for any owner of a massage establishment, sole massage therapist establishment, or outcall massage service to operate that massage business at any location in the city without first obtaining a license for such massage business from the business license official. In the event that a business owner or operator disclaims that the business is a massage business, the business license official may hold a hearing to determine whether a license under this chapter is required.
B. Exemptions: The following businesses may provide massage services without obtaining a massage business license:
1. Businesses providing massage services performed solely by physicians, surgeons, chiropractors, osteopaths, nurses, or any physical therapists, who are duly licensed to practice their respective professions in the state of Utah and persons working directly under the supervision of or at the direction of such licensed persons, working at the same location as the licensed person, and administering massage services subject to review or oversight by the licensed person.
2. Businesses providing massage services performed solely by barbers or cosmetologists who are duly licensed under the laws of the state of Utah, while engaging in practices within the scope of their licenses, and limited to the massaging of the neck, face, scalp, hands, or feet of the clients.
3. Hospitals, nursing homes, mental health facilities, or any other health facilities duly licensed by the state of Utah, providing massage services performed solely by their employees acting within the scope of their employment. (Ord. 2019-24, 9-10-2019)