(a) Any person desiring to obtain a permit to act as a massage technician trainee shall make an application to the chief of police. Within thirty working days following receipt of a completed application and having received LiveScan results, the chief of police shall either issue the permit, or mail a written statement of his reasons for denial thereof. If he takes neither action, the permit shall be deemed to be issued. A massage technician trainee permit shall be issued to any person who has fulfilled all the requirements of Section 4.54.080, except item (8), and who produces written proof that the applicant is currently enrolled in a "recognized school of massage", as defined in this chapter; of the date the applicant enrolled in the recognized school of massage; and the scheduled date of graduation; and that the applicant has completed at least fifty hours of instruction and the date this instruction was completed; provided the applicant submits a letter signed by the owner or manager of a permitted massage establishment stating his immediate intent to employ the applicant to do massage as a trainee working under the direct supervision and control of a massage technician who has received a permit under the provisions of this chapter unless:
(1) The applicant knowingly made a material misstatement in the application for the trainee permit; or
(2) The applicant has, within five years immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application, been convicted in a court of competent jurisdiction of an offense involving conduct which requires registration under California Penal Code Section 290, or any violation of Sections 311 through 311.7, 313.1, 314,315, 316,318 or 647(a), 647(b), 647(d) or 647(h) of the California Penal Code or of any offense involving theft of property. No fee shall be required of a massage technician trainee applicant. The trainee must at all times comply with the laws relating to massage establishments, and the failure to comply may render the trainee ineligible to obtain a massage technician permit. Any massage technician trainee who, during the life of the trainee permit, completes the instruction required of a massage technician, shall be issued a massage technician permit upon payment of a massage technician application fee as set forth in the municipal fee schedule.
(Ord. 5161 § 10, 2012: Ord. 2960 § 29, 1976: Ord. 2921 §§ 5, 9, 1976: Ord. 2833 § 1 (part), 1974)