A. Massage Therapist License Required: Except as provided for by Minnesota Statutes, Section 471.709, as amended, it is unlawful for any person to practice therapeutic massage therapy or provide or offer to provide therapeutic massage therapy within the city without a license therefore issued by the city.
B. Massage Therapy Business License Required: It is unlawful for any person or entity to operate a massage therapy business within the city without a license therefore issued by the city.
C. Exceptions:
1. This section shall not apply to, and no massage therapy business license shall be required for a student of massage therapy, completing course work at an approved institution or an approved program of study, provided:
a. The massage therapy is provided during and as part of a course or clinical component of the approved institution's or program's course work, or during a continuing education class; and
b. The student of massage therapy is supervised by an instructor, certified by the approved institution, program, or sponsor of the continuing education class, while the student is providing or performing massage therapy. A notice, which advises the public that the person who may provide massage therapy services is a student of massage therapy and is not licensed by the city, shall be posted in a conspicuous location in the room in which the massage therapy is provided.
D. License Period And Renewal: A license issued under this chapter shall be an annual license, expiring on June 30 of each year. Any massage therapy business and/or therapist doing business within the city as of the effective date of this chapter, shall file all required license applications hereunder, along with the license and investigation fees, no later than May 1 of each year. A license may be annually renewed, provided the licensee complies with the renewal application process as follows:
1. The licensee shall complete the renewal application materials provided by the city;
2. The completed renewal application materials, along with the license fee, shall be filed with city clerk no later than May 1 of the renewal year; and
3. The massage therapy business license renewal application shall provide all information regarding ownership interests in the business.
E. License And Investigation Fees: The license and investigation fees shall be determined by the city council as set forth in the fee schedule.
1. All licenses shall expire on the last day of June in each year. Each license shall be issued for a period of one year, except that if a portion of the license year has elapsed when a new application is made, a license may be issued for the remainder of the year for a pro rata fee. In computing such fee, any unexpired fraction of a month shall be counted as one month.
2. In the case of a massage therapy business that is wholly owned and operated by a massage therapist licensed under this chapter and does not have any employee(s) or contracted person(s) other than the massage therapist licensed owner providing massage therapy services for or through the massage therapy business, only the massage therapist license fees shall be required.
3. If it is found at any time during the term of the license period that the massage therapy business is not wholly owned and operated by the massage therapist licensed under this chapter or it has an employee(s) or contracted person(s) other than the massage therapist licensed owner providing massage therapy services for or through the massage therapy business, then the massage therapy business license fees shall be required to be paid on a prorated basis for the remaining term of the massage therapy business license, in addition to any licensing fees required for the employee(s) or contracted person(s). (Ord. 544, 10-2-2019)