The purpose of this chapter it to protect the general health, safety, welfare, and morals, the following licensing provisions hereinafter specified are ordained for the privilege of carrying on the business, trade, or profession of masseur or masseuse and for the operation or carrying on of the businesses, trades, or professions commonly known as massage parlors, health salons, physical culture studios, clubs, or establishments, or similar establishments by whatever name designated, wherein physical culture, massage, hydrotherapy, or other physical treatment of the human body is carried on or practiced. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to a regularly established and licensed hospital, sanitarium, nursing home, or medical clinic nor to the office or clinic operated by a duly qualified and licensed medical practitioner, osteopath, or chiropractor in connection with his or her practice of medicine, chiropractic, or osteopathy, provided, however, that the office or clinic is regularly used by the medical practitioner, chiropractor, or osteopath as his or her principal location for his or her practice of medicine, chiropractic, or osteopathy.
(Prior Code, § 6-1081) (Ord. passed 7-15-1976)