(a) No permit issued under this Article 29 shall be transferable under any circumstances, including but not limited to the sale of the Massage Business.
(b) Upon the effective date of the sale of a Massage Business, the permit for the Massage Business shall expire by operation of law. If a permittee sells a Massage Business, the permittee shall promptly surrender the permit to the Director no later than the effective date of the sale. This obligation is not dependent on the Director’s requesting the surrender, but arises by operation of law as a result of the sale of the Massage Business. If the permittee fails to surrender the permit to the Director as required by this subsection (b), the Director may, after giving the permittee notice by mail or electronically of the proposed action and an opportunity to respond, establish that the permit has expired by operation of law and hence is not a valid permit, and that it must be surrendered.