A massage therapy studio or other establishment operated or staffed by one or more massage therapist(s) certified by either the American Massage Therapy Association or the Bodywork and Massage Associated Professionals. The county shall not issue a permit, license certificate or other authorization for the establishment of a massage parlor or similar establishment unless the applicant for the permit or license has been certified by one of the national organizations named above or the applicant provides the name(s) and/or licensing information of one or more persons who are so licensed and who will provide massage therapy at the establishment. Any massage parlor shall maintain posted on its premises copies of the certifications of the massage therapists who provide services at the establishment. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that any massage parlor or similar establishment operated by a person who is not a certified massage therapist and that does not have posted on its premises one or more certifications of massage therapists who provide services there is operating in violation of this section and subject to enforcement action and penalty under this chapter.
(Ord. O-C-07-6, passed 10-9-2007) Penalty, see § 153.999