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All applications for massage establishment licenses shall be referred to the license official for land use approval and sanitary condition and compliance with applicable state of Utah division of professional licensing Salt Lake Valley health department regulations governing the same, the law enforcement for criminal background investigation, and the fire department for inspection to determine compliance with the provisions of the fire code. A license shall be granted upon a recommendation from each of the foregoing that a license be issued. Each licensee and/or employee shall be issued a "work card" containing the following information:
Name,
Address,
Date of birth, and
Copy of massage therapist license issued by the state of Utah.
(Ord. 2010-07, 6-3-2010; amd. Ord. 2012-15, 9-20-2012)
A. License Required: It is unlawful for any person who is not licensed as a massage technician by the state to practice or engage in or attempt to engage in massage or to falsely advertise or represent himself to be authorized to practice or engage in massage when not licensed by the state to do so.
B. Alcoholic Beverages: It is unlawful to serve, store, or allow to be served or allow to be consumed, any alcoholic beverages on the premises of any massage establishment.
C. Conduct: It is unlawful for a massage technician, massage apprentice, or any other employee of a massage establishment to touch or offer to touch or massage the genitalia of customers.
D. Patron Log: It shall be unlawful to not maintain a legible log of all patrons of the establishment. Such log shall be maintained for a continuous rolling six (6) month period of time. Such log shall contain the date of massage, name and signature of the patron. The log shall be available for inspection during business hours.
E. Hours Of Operation: It shall be unlawful to operate the business other than from six o'clock (6:00) A.M. to eight o'clock (8:00) P.M. of the same day.
F. Display Of Specified Areas: It is unlawful for a massage technician, massage apprentice, or any customer or employee of a massage establishment to engage in any unlawful activities as defined in chapter 5.82 of this title while on the premises of the massage establishment. (Ord. 2010-07, 6-3-2010)
Upon a showing that a massage establishment has been operated or maintained or that any employee of a massage establishment has performed massage contrary to state statute or city ordinance, contrary to the public health or the health of the patrons or customers of the establishment or without due regard to proper sanitation or hygiene shall be grounds for the revocation of the establishment's license in accordance with the procedures established by the city. (1999 Code)