To protect the general health, safety, welfare and morals, the following licensing provisions hereinafter specified are ordained for the privilege of carrying on the business, trade or profession of masseur or masseuse and for the operation or carrying on of the businesses, trade or professions commonly known as massage parlors, health salons, physical culture studios, clubs or establishments, or similar establishments by whatever name designated, wherein physical culture, massage, hydrotherapy or other physical treatment of the human body is carried on or practiced. The provisions of this article shall not apply to a regularly established and licensed hospital, medical school, sanitarium, nursing home or medical clinic, nor to the office or clinic operated by a duly qualified and licensed medical practitioner, osteopath or chiropractor in connection with his or her practice; provided, however, that the office or clinic is regularly used by such medical practitioner, chiropractor or osteopath as his or her principal location for his or her practice; nor to athletic trainers employed by educational institutions to offer services solely to athletes in athletic programs, nor to treatments given by a person licensed under the provisions of the North Carolina Massage and Bodywork Therapy Practice Act, being G.S. 90-620 et seq.
(Ord. No. 1188, § 1, passed 5-13-1982; Ord. No. 2442, § 1, passed 3-12-1992; Ord. No. 06-01, § 1, passed 1-12-2006)