The following attire and physical hygiene requirements shall be applicable to all massage therapists and massage practitioners who are employed or retained by a massage business or establishment or are sole practitioners within the municipal boundaries of the city.
(A) All persons shall be clean and wear clean and sanitary outer garments at all times. All outer garments shall be of a fully opaque, non-transparent material and provide complete covering from at least the mid thigh to two inches below the collarbone. The midriff may not be exposed.
(B) All persons shall thoroughly wash their hands with soap and water or any equally effective cleansing agent immediately before providing massage therapy to a patron. No massage therapy shall be provided upon a surface of the skin or scalp of a patron where the skin is inflamed, broken (e.g., abrased, cut) or where a skin infection or eruption is present.
(C) (1) No person afflicted with an infection or parasitic infestation capable of being transmitted to a patron shall knowingly provide massage therapy to a patron, or remain on the premises of a massage business or establishment while so infected or infested. Infections or parasitic infestations capable of being transmitted to a patron include, but are not limited to:
(a) Cold, influenza or other respiratory illness accompanied by a fever, until 24 hours after resolution of the fever or otherwise as provided by public health officials;
(b) Streptococcal pharyngitis (“strep throat”), until 24 hours after treatment has been initiated and 24 hours after resolution of fever;
(c) Purulent conjunctivitis (“pink eye”), until examined by a physician and approved for return to work;
(d) Pertussis (“whooping cough”), until five days of antibiotic therapy has been completed;
(e) Varicella (“chicken pox”), until the sixth day after onset of rash or sooner if all lesions have dried and crusted;
(f) Mumps, until nine days after onset of paratid gland swelling;
(g) Tuberculosis, until a physician or local health department authority states that the person is non-infectious;
(h) Impetigo (bacterial skin infection), until 24 hours after treatment has begun;
(i) Pediculosis (head lice), until the morning after first treatment; and
(j) Scabies (“crabs”), until after treatment has been completed.
(2) Blood-borne diseases, such as HIV/AIDS and hepatitis B (HBV), shall not be considered infectious or communicable diseases for the purpose of this division (C).
(Ord. 2009-64, passed 11-17-2009)