(A) The purpose of this chapter is to protect public health, safety, welfare, and morals, the following privilege of carrying on the business, trade, or profession of massagist and for the operation or carrying on of the businesses, trades, or professions commonly known as massage parlors, health salons, physical culture studios, or similar establishments wherein massage or physical manipulation of the human body is carried on or practiced.
(B) This chapter shall not apply to a regularly established and licensed hospital, sanitarium, nursing home, nor to an office or clinic operated and regularly used by a duly qualified and licensed medical practitioner, osteopath, or chiropractor in connection with the practice of medicine, chiropractic, or osteopathy.
(1996 Code, § 112.02) (Ord. passed 2-21-1977)