For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BATHHOUSE. Includes any building, room, place or establishment, other than a regularly licensed hospital, dispensary, personal exercise and weight reducing clinic, hotel, rooming house or public lodging house, where members of the public are provided with baths, regardless whether steam, vapor, water, sauna or otherwise.
MASSAGE. Any means of treating the superficial soft parts of the body for remedial or hygienic purposes, consisting of rubbing, stroking, kneading or tapping with the hands or instruments.
MASSAGE SCHOOLS. Includes any location defined in the definitions for bathhouse above, where the act of massage as defined above is either taught or practiced.
MASSAGE THERAPIST. A person who practices, administers or teaches all or any of the subjects, or methods of treatment contained in the definition for massage therapy above.
MASSAGE THERAPY. The act of body massage, either by mechanical or electrical apparatus for the purpose of reducing or contouring the body by the use of oil rub, salt, hot and cold packs, cold showers and cabinet baths.
MASSAGE THERAPY CLINIC. Construed and deemed to be any shop, establishment or place of business where any and all of the methods of massage therapy are administered or used.
MASSAGE THERAPY SCHOOL. Any duly registered massage therapy establishment where a tuition is charged for the instruction of massage therapy techniques.
(Prior Code, § 14-11) (Ord. 76-3, passed 4-16-1976)
(A) Each person who operates, conducts or maintains a school of massage, massage therapy clinic or bathhouse shall make application for an operator’s license to operate the school of massage, massage therapy clinic or bathhouse with the Clerk-Treasurer of the city on application forms prescribed by him or her. The application for a license shall contain the following information and should be individually signed by the applicant:
(1) Name of applicant;
(2) Residence address of applicant;
(3) Business address of applicant;
(4) Number of massage tables, shower stalls, bath stalls or other individual units;
(5) The age and citizenship of the applicant, in the case of individuals, and of the manager or officers in the case of a corporation;
(6) The names, addresses, ages, citizenship and designations of each person connected with the applicant’s establishments;
(7) Whether the applicant or its manager or officers have ever been previously engaged in operating a school of massage, massage therapy clinic or bathhouse;
(8) Whether any applicant, or in the case of a corporation, its manager, officers, directors or stockholders have ever been convicted of any act of violence, moral turpitude, sex offense or prior violation of this chapter;
(9) An agreement by the operator permitting inspections; and
(10) Type of license being applied for by the applicant.
(B) Along with the operator’s application for a license there should be filed a verified application for a massage therapist license by each individual who is employed in the establishment. The application should contain the following information:
(1) Name;
(2) Age;
(3) Address;
(4) Citizenship;
(5) Whether convicted of any public offense concerning an act of violence, moral turpitude, sex offense or prior violation of this chapter; and
(6) Nature of work performed.
(C) Along with the aforesaid applications for license there should be a certificate from a duly licensed medical practitioner, on a form prescribed by the Health Department of the county, certifying that the applicant is free from communicable diseases and that the examination has been made within 30 days prior to the application for the license or permit herein sought.
(Prior Code, § 14-12) (Ord. 76-3, passed 4-16-1976)
(A) Each person, firm, partnership, sole proprietorship or corporation who operates a massage therapy clinic or bathhouse, or any combination thereof, shall pay an annual license fee of $500 for an operator’s license. An operator’s license shall be valid for a period of 12 months from the date of its issuance and may be renewed for an additional 12-month period upon payment to the Clerk-Treasurer of $500 operators’s renewal fee provided the same is accompanied by an affidavit setting forth changes, if any, of circumstances or conditions that would affect or alter the information contained in the applicant’s application for an operator’s license and setting forth whether the applicant is abiding by the terms and provisions of this chapter.
(B) The Clerk-Treasurer shall charge and collect a semiannual fee of $100 for each masseuse and/or massage therapist license. A masseuse and/or massage therapist license shall be valid for a period of six months from the date of its issuance and may be renewed upon the payment to the Clerk-Treasurer of the $100 license fee provided the same is accompanied by a certificate from a duly licensed medical practitioner in the count, on a form prescribed by the Health Department of the county, per signed ordinance, certifying that the examination has been made within ten days prior to the application for the renewal of the license or permit.
(Prior Code, § 14-13) (Ord. 76-3, passed 4-16-1976; Ord. 77-16, passed 8-22-1977)
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