Applicants for licenses under this chapter shall meet the following qualifications:
(a) An apprentice or student of a school in which massage is taught shall be at least eighteen years of age and of good moral character and shall have an education equivalent to the completion of grammar school.
(b) Operators of a massage establishment shall be at least twenty years of age and of good moral character; shall have an education equivalent to the completion of grammar school; shall have not less than one year's practice under the supervision of a registered operator or instructor as an apprentice or shall have graduated from a licensed training school. Operators' licenses shall be granted only to those persons who are able to pass the examination arranged by the City Clerk and whose course of instruction meets with his or her approval.
(c) The owners or conductors of a massage establishment shall be of good moral character, or, if a corporation, its officers shall be of good moral character. The premises on which such massage establishment is located shall be sanitary and suitable for the conduct of such business.
(d) The owner or conductor of a school (and if a corporation, its officers) for the practice of massage shall be of good moral character. The premises on which such school is conducted shall be sanitary and suitable for the purpose and shall meet the approval of the Director of Inspections as to its sanitary condition.
(e) An instructor in a school for the practice of massage shall be a person of good moral character, shall be a graduate of a grammar school, shall have been a licensed operator for at least one year and shall pass an examination given in accordance with the rules and regulations of the City Clerk, as provided in this chapter.
(Ord. 798. Passed 11-17-04.)