§ 114.01 PURPOSE.
   The purpose of this chapter is to protect the general health, safety, welfare and morals. The licensing provisions of this chapter shall govern the privilege of carrying on the business, trade or profession of masseur or masseuse and the operation or carrying on of the businesses, trades 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 chapter shall not apply to a regularly established and licensed hospital, 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 the person’s practice of medicine, chiropractic or osteopathy; provided, however, that, the office or clinic is regularly used by the medical practitioner, chiropractor or osteopath as the person’s principal location for the person’s practice of medicine, chiropractic or osteopathy.
(Prior Code, § 12-90)