A massage therapist permit shall be issued to a person who meets the following criteria:
A. Is a member in good standing of a state or nationally chartered organization devoted to the massage specialty and therapeutic approach; and
B. Has completed one the following requirements:
1. Five hundred hours of instruction in a massage specialty and therapeutic approach at a registered school of massage;
2. Two hundred fifty hours of such instruction and an additional five hundred documented hours of practical experience in a massage specialty and therapeutic approach in one or a combination of the following:
a. A primary office of and under the direct supervision of a medical professional licensed by the State of California, specifically a physician, surgeon, chiropractor, osteopath, physical therapist or nurse, while such medical professional is performing activities encompassed by such license and is physically on the premises where the massage therapy is being administered;
3. Has taken and successfully passed the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork or the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine test module related to Asian Bodywork Therapy. The applicant must submit a current certificate with the application to satisfy this criteria.
(Ord. 2095, (part), 2009; Ord. 2046, (part), 2009)