(A) Upon application for a massage technician permit, and after the applicant has paid the required fee and furnished the required information, each applicant shall take and pass an examination of qualifications within 30 days preceding the date of issuance of the massage technician permit.
(B) The examination required by this section shall be conducted by the Health Department, shall be such as to fairly determine the ability of the applicant to properly perform the work which the applicant would be authorized to do by the permit applied for, and shall cover the following subjects: anatomy, physiology, hygiene and the practice and theory of massage as massage is defined in this chapter. The examination shall include both a practical demonstration and a written test. In the grading of the examination, practical demonstrations shall prevail over written tests; that is, a greater number of credits shall be allowed on practical demonstrations than on written tests.
(C) Any applicant who fails to pass an examination shall not be eligible to take another examination until four weeks after taking the previous examination, and any such examination shall be at applicant’s expense. Any applicant who fails to pass upon the third trial shall not be eligible to take another examination for six months thereafter.
(Prior Code, § 1123.09) (Ord. 84-7, passed 9-4-1984)