(a) A person who wishes to obtain a registration certificate for a massage establishment shall submit a registration application to the Director and pay a reasonable registration fee in an amount set by the Director and determined to be sufficient to pay the cost of administering this chapter.
(b) The registration application shall be in a form designated by the Director and shall include all the following:
(1) The full legal name and current residential address of the applicant, or, for corporate applicants, the company business address and the residential address of the principal owner(s);
(2) The address of the proposed massage establishment;
(3) A list of services to be offered at the massage establishment;
(4) The full name of any person or persons who will provide therapeutic massage treatments at the massage establishment;
(5) Copies of State licenses issued to and held by persons listed hereinabove and sufficient information to identify the license for each therapist. “License” as used herein is a license from the State Medical Board of Ohio to practice “massage therapy” pursuant to and in accordance with Ohio R.C. § 4731.15.
(c) The Director shall issue a registration certificate unless the Director finds:
(1) The registration application is incomplete or contains inaccurate or fraudulent information;
(2) The license of a massage therapist cannot be verified as current, in good standing, and valid by public records in the State of Ohio;
(3) Within two years before the date the application is submitted, the applicant, or any therapist listed on the registration application, was the applicant for a registration certificate that was revoked or denied. Nothing herein prohibits the Director from issuing a registration certificate for a previously-denied application that has been substantially modified.
(4) Both a zoning certificate and certificate of occupancy have not been issued for the massage establishment.
(d) The Director 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 therefor (“Notice of Denial”).
(e) Any person who has been denied a registration certificate may appeal such denial in accordance with Section 749.09.
(Ord. 2022-98. Passed 11-29-22.)