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No massage establishment shall be kept open for any purpose between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., and no such establishment shall be operated or conducted in connection either directly or indirectly, with any place used for living or sleeping quarters. (Ord. 13752)
(a) The director shall be authorized to make or cause to be made inspections to determine the condition of any massage establishment in order to safeguard the health, safety, and welfare of the public and to make examinations through the licensed physicians of the department as are necessary to determine whether employees of the massage establishment are infected with any infectious disease.
(b) If in the opinion of the director or his designated representative, there is probable cause to enter a massage establishment for the purpose of making inspections and examinations pursuant to this chapter, he shall request the owner or occupant thereof to grant permission for such entry, and if refused he shall make application to a magistrate for a search warrant, showing said magistrate why such search warrant should be issued for the purpose herein. (Ord. Nos. 13752; 15526)
(a) It shall be the duty of every person conducting or operating a massage establishment to keep the same at all times in a clean and sanitary condition. All instruments and mechanical, therapeutic, and bathing devices or parts thereof, that come into contact with the human body, shall be sterilized by a modern and approved method of sterilization before initial use, and any such instruments and devices, or parts thereof, after having been used upon one patron, shall be sterilized before being used upon another. All towels and linens furnished for use of one patron shall not be furnished for use of another until thoroughly laundered.
(b) All masseurs and operators shall wash their hands thoroughly before administering massage manipulations to each patron accommodated.
(c) No person suffering from a communicable disease shall work or be employed in a massage establishment.
(d) No person shall be accommodated as a patron within a massage establishment when to the knowledge of the owner, person in control, or an employee, such person is suffering from a communicable disease. (Ord. 13752)
It shall be unlawful for any person to administer a massage as defined in Section 25A-1 to any person of the opposite sex; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to any person licensed or registered by the State of Texas as a physician, chiropractor, physical therapist, nurse, massage therapist, cosmetologist, or athletic trainer, or as a member of a similar profession subject to state licensing or registration, while performing duties authorized by the state license or registration. (Ord. Nos. 13752; 20210)