(a) A person under the age of eighteen shall not accept or continue employment by or in a massage establishment or adult cabaret, in any capacity, whether full-time or part-time, and with or without remuneration or compensation of any kind.
(b) No person shall accept or continue employment by any massage establishment or adult cabaret that does not have a valid current license issued pursuant to this chapter.
(c) Any masseur or masseuse, and any employee of an adult cabaret, shall cooperate with any background investigation under this chapter.
(d) A masseur or masseuse shall obtain a physical examination whenever required to do so under these regulations.
(e) No employee of a massage establishment, in the performance of his or her duties, shall do any of the following:
(1) Knowingly touch or fondle, or offer or agree to touch or fondle, the genitalia, pubic area, rectal area, or perineum of any person, or the breast of any female person, whether touching or fondling is with part of the actor's body or with a mechanical or electrical apparatus or appliance;
(2) Knowingly engage in, or offer or agree to engage in, sexual conduct or sexual contact as defined in Ohio R.C. 2907.01, whether such sexual conduct or sexual contact is with part of the actor's body or with a mechanical or electrical apparatus or appliance;
(3) Commit, or offer or agree to commit, any offense under Ohio R.C. Chapter 2907;
(4) When providing a massage, knowingly allow the pubic or genital area or buttocks of the client, or the breasts of a female client, to be uncovered;
(5) Go unclothed, or wear clothing that is transparent or translucent, or wear clothing in such a way as to reveal or display the pubic or genital area or buttocks or, if the person is a female, the breast; or
(6) Wear unclean clothing, or fail to wash his or her hands or bathe when reasonably necessary, or otherwise fail to observe reasonable standards of personal cleanliness and hygiene.
(f) No employee of an adult cabaret, in the performance of his or her duties, shall do any of the following:
(1) Place his or her hand upon, touch with any part of his or her body, fondle in any manner, or massage, the genitals, pubic area, or buttocks of any other person or the breasts of any female or, if the employee is female, of any other female;
(2) Perform or offer or agree to perform any act that would require the touching of the genitals, pubic area, or buttocks of any other person or the breasts of any female, or, if the employee is female, the breasts of another female;
(3) Uncover the genitals, pubic area, or buttocks of any other person or the breasts of any female or, if the employee is a female, of any other female; or
(4) While in a state of nudity or semi-nudity, knowingly or intentionally initiate any physical contact with a customer of such adult cabaret, or permit a customer of such adult cabaret to have any physical contact with such employee. No customer of an adult cabaret shall knowingly or intentionally initiate any physical contact with an employee of an adult cabaret while such employee is in a state of nudity or semi-nudity or permit an employee of an adult cabaret, while such employee is in a state of nudity or semi-nudity, to have any physical contact with such customer. This subsection shall not prohibit an employee or a customer from taking such action as is necessary to repel physical contact, nor shall this subsection prohibit an employee or customer from initiating or permitting such contact as necessary to protect the health or safety of any person.
(Ord. 739-99. Passed 4-22-99.)