(A) No person shall perform health massage/body work therapy as herein defined unless such a person shall have first applied for and received a privilege license from the Town Tax Collector. Such privilege license shall be issued only to those persons meeting the definition of health massage/body work therapist provided in § 115.02 above.
(B) Each application for the license required by this section shall be upon a form approved by and filed with the Tax Collector. Such application shall include the following information:
(1) The name and business address of the applicant; and
(2) A diploma or certificate of graduation from an institute or school of health massage/body work therapy whose curriculum is licensed under a state licensing requirement, a valid document of certification from the American Massage Therapy Association for Therapeutic Massage and Body Work, or the information required in division (D) below.
(C) Each applicant for a license issued pursuant to this section shall pay the privilege license tax provided in Chapter 110 of this code, a schedule of which is on file in the Town Office.
(D) Any person who has been engaged in the business of health massage/body work therapy for at least three years prior to application shall be deemed a health massage/body work therapist under this article provided that:
(1) The applicant submit verification and documentation of at least 500 hours of experience in the practice of health massage/body work therapy to the authority issuing the license;
(2) Three letters of reference are provided from state-licensed health care professionals or health massage/body work therapists licensed under this chapter, attesting to the applicant's sound moral character, professional qualifications and competence;
(3) The applicant pays any application and license taxes required under this code; and
(4) The appropriate application required under division (B) above is completed.
(Ord. passed 7-8-96) Penalty, see § 115.99