This chapter shall not apply to the following classes of individuals while engaged in the performance of the duties of their respective professions:
A. Physicians, surgeons, chiropractors, osteopaths, podiatrists, physical therapists, nurses, or any other person licensed to practice any healing art under the provisions of Division 2 (commencing with Section 500) of the Business and Professions Code when engaging in such practice within the scope of his or her license.
B. Trainers of any amateur, semi-professional, or professional athlete or athletic team, so long as such persons do not practice massage as their primary occupation at any location where they provide such services in the city.
C. Barbers, estheticians and cosmetologists who are duly licensed under the laws of the State of California, while engaging in practices within the scope of their licenses.
D. Individuals in the city temporarily for educational events or disaster relief.
E. Individuals administering massages or health treatments involving massage to persons participating in road races, track meets, triathlons, educational events, conferences or similar single-occurrence athletic, recreational, or educational events.
F. Somatic practitioners who use no physical touch of any kind at any time in their practice.
G. Enrolled students of a school of massage when they are performing massage within the city as part of a formal supervised internship or training program operated by the school, without compensation other than school credit, on the premises of a massage establishment duly authorized to operate pursuant to the terms of this chapter; and provided that the operator has first notified the Permit Administrator in writing of the name, residence address, and school of the students and the dates of the trainings.
(Ord. 2011-02 § 1(part), 2011)