To protect the general health, safety, and welfare, 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, 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 article 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 his or her practice or medicine, chiropractic or osteopathy; provided, however, that such office or clinic is regularly used by such medical practitioner, chiropractor, or osteopath as the principal location for his or her practice of medicine, chiropractic, or osteopathy.
(Code 1976, § 10.71) (Ord. 4-75, passed 4-21-1975)