Subject: Acupressure Services
Effective Date: 5/07
Interpretation:
These sections define medical service use as "a retail use which provides medical and allied health services to the individual by physicians, surgeons, dentists, podiatrists, psychologists, psychiatrists, acupuncturists, chiropractors, or any other health-care professionals when licensed by a State-sanctioned Board overseeing the provision of medically oriented services. It includes a clinic, primarily providing outpatient care in medical, psychiatric or other medical services, and not part of a hospital or medical center, as defined in Section 790.44 and 890.44 of Planning Code". Acupressure services, provided by an individual who is not licensed by a State-sanctioned Board overseeing the provision of medically oriented services, shall be considered a massage establishment use as defined under Section 790.60 and 890.60 of Planning Code.