All applicants for a new massage technician license and renewals of expired licenses shall comply with the following requirements. These requirements do not apply if application for renewal is made prior to the license’s expiration date:
(a) Notification of Examination Date. If the Sheriff reports to the Clerk of the Board that a massage technician application and accompanying documents meet the requirements of this Chapter and all other applicable laws, the Clerk of the Board shall notify the applicant of the next regularly scheduled massage examination date, and the time and place such examination is to be held. The Clerk of the Board will additionally schedule the applicant to take the massage examination on the next regularly scheduled testing date.
(b) Preparation of Examinations. The Health Officer shall prepare and submit to the Clerk of the Board an examination to be administered to all massage technician applicants. Said examination shall consist of two parts. The first part of the examination shall consist of a written test of the applicant’s knowledge of the theory, ethics, and practice of massage relative to aspects of human anatomy, and requirements of the County Code pertaining to massage technician licenses. The second part of the examination shall consist of a practical demonstration of the applicant’s ability to administer or perform massage, to be administered before an individual selected by the Health Officer, such person possessing such credentials and being knowledgeable of the theory, ethics, practice, profession, and work of massage and capable of impartially assessing the applicant's practical ability to administer or perform massage. Standards for assessing an applicant’s abilities to administer or perform massage, knowledge, and professional ethics, shall be based upon accepted standards of the American Massage Therapy Association and/or the Associated Professional Massage Therapists and Allied Health Practitioners. Each applicant will be considered to have passed the massage examination by answering 70 percent of the written examination questions correctly, and by successfully demonstrating each of the techniques required in the practical examination.
(c) Scheduling of Examinations. The Clerk of the Board shall schedule a massage examination to be held no less frequently than once every January, April, July, and October. Results of massage examinations shall be made available to applicants within 14 days following the date upon which the examination is concluded.
(Ord. 3484, passed - -1992; Am. Ord. 3518, passed - -1992; Am. Ord. 4263, passed - -2014)