(A) Every portion of the massage establishment and all mechanical and therapeutic devices that come into contact with the human body shall be kept cleaned, sanitized, and operated under sanitary conditions.
(B) All walls, ceilings, floors, pools, showers, bathtubs, steam rooms, and all other physical facilities shall be in good repair and maintained in a clean and sanitary condition. Wet and dry heat rooms, steam or vapor cabinets, shower compartments and toilet room shall be thoroughly cleaned each day the business is in operation. Bathtubs and showers shall be thoroughly cleaned after each use. When carpeting is used on the floors, it shall be kept dry.
(C) Each masseur and masseuse shall wash his or her hands in hot running water, using a proper disinfectant soap, before administering a massage to each patron. Hand-washing facilities should be in each room or as close as practicable.
(D) All massage establishments shall be provided with clean, laundered sheets and towels in sufficient quantity and shall be laundered after each use thereof and stored in a sanitary manner. All towels and linens furnished for use of one patron shall not be furnished for use of another until laundered.
(E) The sexual or genital area of patrons must be covered by non-transparent towels, cloths, or undergarments when in the presence of an employee, masseur, or masseuse.
(F) All employees, including masseurs and masseuses, shall be clean and wear clean, non-transparent outer garments, covering the sexual and genital areas while administering a massage.
(G) No masseur or masseuse shall administer a massage to a patron who exhibits any skin fungus, skin infection, skin inflammation, skin eruption, or skin lesions (open or healing sores); unless a physician duly licensed by the state certified in writing that the person may be safely massaged.
(H) No person suffering from any symptoms described in subsection (G) above shall work or be employed in a massage establishment.
(I) Oils, creams, lotions, or other preparations used in administering massages shall be kept in clean, closed containers or cabinets.
(J) Eating in the massage work areas shall not be permitted. Animals, except for seeing-eye dogs, shall not be permitted in the massage work areas.
(K) No masseur or masseuse, employee or operator shall perform, offer or agree to perform, any act which would require the touching of the patron’s genital area. It shall be unlawful for any person in the massage parlor to touch, fondle, or massage a sexual or genital area of any other patron.
(L) Each masseur or masseuse shall disclose to each patron health problems that may be contraindicated to the administration of massage therapy.
(M) Price rates for all services shall be prominently posted in the reception area in a location available to all prospective customers.
(N) Alcohol shall not be served or sold on the premises.
(1977 Code, § 6:1-14) (Ord. passed 9-13-1994) Penalty, see § 114.99