(a) A person who wishes to obtain a registration certificate for a massage establishment or as a mobile massage therapist shall submit a registration application to the Director and pay a reasonable registration fee sufficient to pay the cost of administering this chapter as established in Chapter 214 - Fee Schedule - of these Codified Ordinances.
(b) The registration application shall be in a form designated by the Director or designee and include all of the following:
(1) Full legal name and current residential address of the applicant;
(2) The address of the proposed massage establishment or mobile massage practitioner;
(3) A list of services to be offered at the massage establishment, or a list of services to be offered by the mobile massage practitioner;
(4) The full name of any person who will provide massage treatments at the massage establishment or will be performing mobile massages, including their license numbers provided by the State Medical Board of Ohio;
(5) Sufficient information to identify the license for each massage therapist; and
(6) If applicable, the website of the massage establishment or mobile massage practitioner.
(c) The Director or designee shall issue the registration certificate unless the Director or designee finds:
(1) The registration application is incomplete or contains inaccurate or fraudulent information;
(2) The license of a massage therapist or anyone identified who will provide massage treatments cannot be verified;
(3) Within two years before the date the application is submitted, the applicant, or any massage therapist listed on the registration application, was the applicant for a registration certificate that was revoked or denied. Nothing herein prohibits the Director or designee from issuing a registration certificate for a previously denied application that has been substantially modified; and
(4) The Zoning Authorization has not been approved for the massage establishment.
(d) The registration applications shall be submitted and approved before a massage establishment or mobile massage practitioner can be operated and massage services offered.
(e) Massage establishments or mobile massage practitioners that were in operation prior to the effective date of this chapter must submit a registration application not later than ninety days after the effective date of this chapter.
(f) Following review of the application, the Director or designee shall send, by First Class U.S. Mail addressed to the applicant, either a registration certificate or a written statement that the application was denied and the reason(s) therefore.
(g) Any person who has been denied a registration certificate may appeal such denial in accordance with Section 876.09.
(Ord. 6868. Passed 9-15-20.)