(A) All personnel engaged in the practice of body works shall wear garments that cover the entire body, exclusive of the head, neck, arms, legs, hands and feet. All personnel must be fully covered from a point not more than four inches above the center of the kneecap to the base of the neck, excluding the arms. Such garments shall not be transparent and must be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition.
(B) It is unlawful for any personnel to directly or indirectly touch, or offer to touch, a customer’s specified anatomical areas.
(C) All customers’ specified anatomical areas must be fully draped at all times while any personnel is in the same cubicle or room.
(D) No instruments or devices designed or used for direct application to the skin shall be applied directly to the skin unless sterilized. The part of the body being treated shall be covered with a clean towel, or else the instrument shall be covered in a similar manner.
(E) Cleaning of hands. All personnel shall thoroughly cleanse his or her hands by washing with soap and hot water immediately before providing body works services.
(F) Working hours. No establishment shall offer or provide body works services between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.
(G) Designation of name. No licensed person shall operate under any name or conduct his or her business under any designation not specified in his or her license.
(H) It is a violation of this chapter for any person, partnership, corporation, establishment, owner or any other entity to conduct, cause to be conducted, or allow to be conducted in any establishment any activity prohibited by R.I. Gen. Laws Title 11, Chapters 11-1 et seq.
(I) Change of address. Every licensee shall notify the Town Council not longer than five days after any change of name or of home or business address. Any new license or amendment to an existing license required because of the foregoing shall be issued with a set fee charge at the discretion of the Town Council.
(J) Inspections. Town inspectors may at any time, with or without prior notice, inspect an establishment and the manner of its operation to insure that it is operating in compliance with this chapter.
(K) Devices that can be utilized as an early warning system to alert personnel, supervisors, owners or any other persons to the presence of law enforcement or local authorities on the premises are prohibited in establishments. Such prohibited devices include, but are not limited to, light or music dimmers, electronic detection devices, external or internal video equipment and alarm systems other than those used for fire alarms.
(L) Invalidation. If any section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of these rules and regulations shall be decided invalid for any reason whatsoever, such decisions shall not affect the remaining portions of these regulations that shall remain in full force and effect, and to this end the provisions of these regulations are hereby declared severable.
(Ord. 2015-10, passed 9-21-15) Penalty, see § 116.99