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(A) The following health and safety requirements shall be applicable to all massage businesses and establishments described in Cal. Business and Professions Code, Section 4612, subdivision (b), paragraph (1):
(1) An adequate supply of clean sanitary towels, coverings, and linens shall be available at all times, and all massage tables shall be covered with a clean sheet or other clean covering for each customer. After a towel, covering, or linen has been used for one customer, it shall be deposited in a closed receptacle and not used until properly laundered and sanitized. Clean towels, coverings, and linens shall be stored in closed, clean, cabinets when not in use.
(2) All massage therapy rooms or cubicles, wet and dry heat rooms, steam rooms, toilet facilities, shower compartments, hot tubs, and pools shall be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected as needed and each day the business or establishment is in operation. All bathtubs shall be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected after each use.
(3) All liquids, creams, or other preparations used on or made available to customers shall be kept in clean and closed containers. Powders may be kept in clean shakers. All bottles and containers shall be distinctly and correctly labeled to disclose their contents. When only a portion of a liquid, cream, or other preparation is to be used on or made available to a customer, it shall be removed from the container in such a way as not to contaminate the remaining portion.
(4) All bathrobes or other garments that are provided for the use of customers shall be either fully disposable and shall not be used by more than one customer or shall be laundered and sanitized after each use.
(5) All footwear such as sandals or flip-flops that are provided for the use of customers shall be either fully disposable and shall not be used by more than one customer or shall be fully disinfected after each use.
(6) All combs, brushes, and/or other personal items of grooming or hygiene that are provided for the use of customers shall be either fully disposable and shall not be used by more than one customer or shall be fully disinfected after each use.
(7) The customer's genitals, pubic area, anus, and female patron's breasts below a point immediately above the top of the areola must be fully draped at all times while any employee of the business or establishment is in the massage therapy room or cubicle with the customer. No massage therapy shall be provided to a customer that results in intentional contact or occasional and repetitive contact with the genitals, anus, or areola of a customer.
(B) The following health and safety requirements shall be applicable to all massage businesses and establishments owned and/or operated by permittees:
(1) All requirements set forth in subdivision (A) of this section.
(2) Only one customer and only one massage technician shall be present in the massage room or cubicle from the time the customer enters the massage room or cubicle until the customer exits the massage room or cubicle.
(3) Notwithstanding any provision set forth in this article, only customers, managers, employees, massage technicians, and permittees shall be permitted in any massage room or cubicle or any break room or rest area during operating hours.
(Ord. No. 2811, 2823, 2851)
The following attire and physical hygiene requirements shall be applicable to all permittees, massage practitioners, and massage therapists who are employed or retained by or who provide massage therapy at a massage business or establishment described in Cal. Business and Professions Code, Section 4612, subdivision (b), paragraph (1) or at a massage business or establishment owned and/or operated by a permittee:
(A) All persons shall be clean and wear clean and sanitary outer garments at all times. All outer garments shall be of a fully opaque, nontransparent material and provide complete covering from at least the mid thigh to two inches below the collarbone. The midriff may not be exposed.
(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 customer. No massage therapy shall be provided upon a surface of the skin or scalp of a customer where such skin is inflamed, broken (i.e. abraded, cut), or where a skin infection or eruption is present.
(C) No person afflicted with an infection or parasitic infection capable of being transmitted to a customer shall knowingly provide massage therapy to a customer or remain at a massage business or establishment while so infected or infested.
(Ord. No. 2811)
(A) All massage businesses and establishments described in Cal. Business and Professions Code, Section 4612, subdivision (b), paragraph (1) and all massage businesses and establishments owned and/or operated by permittees shall permit representatives of the health department, police department, fire department, license collector, and/or other city or county departments or agencies to conduct reasonable inspections of the massage business or establishment, from time to time, during regular business hours, to ensure compliance with state and local laws, including but not limited to Cal. Business and Professions Code, Chapter 10.5 (commencing with Section 4600) where applicable, the requirements of this article, and/or other applicable fire, health, and safety requirements.
(B) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit the above described government officials from pursuing any and all available legal remedies to secure entry into and inspection of the business or establishment if such entry is refused or for any other reason allowed by law.
(C) It is a violation of this article for the business or establishment to prohibit or interfere with such lawful inspection of the business or establishment at any time it is open for business.
(Ord. No. 2811, 2823, 2851)
The permittee of any massage business or establishment shall be responsible for the conduct of all employees, agents, independent contractors, or other representatives of the business or establishment while such persons are on the premises of the business or establishment.
(Ord. No. 2811, 2851)
A person shall not enter, be or remain in any part of a massage business or establishment owned and/or operated by a permittee while in the possession of, consuming, or using any alcoholic beverage or drug. The permittee and/or manager shall not permit any such person to enter or remain upon such premises.
(Ord. No. 2823)
ARTICLE X. POOL HALLS
For the purpose of this article, the following words shall have the following meanings:
(A) POOL - Any of several games, including billiards, played on a table with cushioned edges using one or more balls, a cue ball, and a cue stick.
(B) POOL HALL - A commercial establishment that contains three or more pool tables and that charges a fee to enter the establishment or to play pool.
(`64 Code, Sec. 12-5.1) (Ord. No. 2386)
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