A. Permit Required. No person shall engage in the business of acting nor act as a massage technician unless such person holds a valid massage technician permit issued by the city pursuant to the provisions of this section.
B. Exemptions. The requirements of Section 5.17.020A shall have no application and no effect upon and shall not be construed as applying to any person designated as follows: physician, surgeon, chiropractor, osteopath, or any registered or licensed vocational nurse working under the supervision of a physician, surgeon, chiropractor, or osteopath duly licensed to practice their respective professions in the state nor shall the requirements of Section 5.17.020A apply to any treatment administered by any person licensed to practice any such art or profession under the Business and Professions Code of the state or of any other law of this state. Practical nurses or other persons not otherwise licensed by the state to practice pursuant to the Medical Practice Act, whether or not employed by physicians, surgeons, chiropractors, or osteopaths, may not give massages or massage procedures.
(Ord. 81-6-871 § 1 (part))