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 businessor are sole practitioners within the city.
(A) All persons shall be clean and wear clean and sanitary outer garments at all times. Persons shall not dress, while engaged in the practice of massage, or while visible to clients of a massage establishment, in any of the following:
(1) Attire that is transparent, see-through, sheer, or substantially exposes the certificate holder’s undergarments;
(2) Swim attire, if not providing a water-based massage modality approved by the CMTC:
(3) A manner that exposes the certificate holder’s breasts, buttocks, or genitals;
(4) A manner that constitutes a violation of § 314 of the Cal. Penal Code; or
(5) A manner that is otherwise deemed by the CMTC to constitute unprofessional attire based on the custom and practice of the profession in California.
(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) 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 while so infected or infested. Blood-borne diseases, such as HIV/AIDS and hepatitis B (HBV), shall not be considered infections or communicable diseases for the purpose of this section. Infections or parasitic infestations capable of being transmitted to a patron include, but are not limited to:
(1) 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;
(2) Streptococcal pharyngitis (“strep throat”), until 24 hours after treatment has been initiated and 24 hours after resolution of fever;
(3) Purulent conjunctivitis (“pink eye”), until examined by a physician and approved for return to work;
(4) Pertussis (“whooping cough”), until five days of antibiotic therapy has been completed;
(5) Varicella (“chicken pox”), until the sixth day after onset of rash or sooner if all lesions have dried and crusted;
(6) Mumps, until nine days after onset of paratid gland swelling;
(7) Tuberculosis, until a physician or local health department authority states that the person is non-infectious;
(8) Impetigo (bacterial skin infection), until 24 hours after treatment has begun;
(9) Pediculosis (head lice), until the morning after first treatment; and
(10) Scabies (“crabs”), until after treatment has been completed.
(Ord. 2009-64, passed 11-17-2009; Am. Ord. 2024-388, passed 3-20-2024)