§ 11.07.070 MASSAGE TECHNICIANS AND PRACTICE - GENERAL CONDITIONS.
   All massage technicians shall comply with the following conditions:
   A.   No massage technician shall massage or cause, allow, or permit an employee to massage any specified anatomical areas, as defined in this Chapter, of any patron. Nor shall any massage technician or employee solicit or cause, allow, or permit a patron to touch or massage in any manner the specified anatomical area of a massage technician or employee. No massage shall be given and no patron shall be in the presence of any other person unless the patron's specified anatomical areas are fully covered by a nontransparent covering or draping.
   B.   Massage technicians shall display, and allow the permittee to display, his or her current and valid massage certificate in an open and conspicuous place readily visible, such as in the lobby of the massage establishment.
   C.   The massage technician shall at all times when present in the massage establishment have a California driver's license or California identification card, or any other government-issued identification card that has a photograph and physical identifying information of the massage technician. Such identification shall be provided to the Chief of Police, or his or her designee, upon demand, or to any City or County official conducting an investigation and/or who are participating in periodic and routine inspections as regulated herein.
   D.   Any massage technician using a nickname, pseudonym, or alias other than the name specified on their massage certificate and California driver's license, California identification card, or any other government-issued identification card, while conducting business or performing massages, must include said name in the personnel register as required by § 11.07.065A.10. of this Chapter.
   E.   A massage technician shall consent to, and shall not prevent, delay or interfere with a lawful inspection of the massage establishment, or occupied massage rooms, by the City's Divisions of Enforcement Services, Planning, Building Safety, as well as the Fire Department, Police Department, Finance Department, and the Los Angeles County Health Department, and any other City or County division or department that has regulatory jurisdiction over the massage establishment, or its massage technicians, employees, or practices and activities thereon, for the purpose of determining that the provisions of this Chapter or other applicable laws, regulations, or standards are complied with and met.
(Ord. No. 2016-009 § 2 (part))