This chapter does not apply to the following classes of individuals, and no CAMTC certification is required of such persons, while engaged in the performance of the duties of their respective professions:
1. Acupuncturists who are duly certified to practice their profession in the state of California.
2. Barbers, beauticians, and cosmetologists with respect to scalp massage, who are duly permitted pursuant to Business and Professions Code §§ 7301, et seq., in accordance with the limitations of their permits.
3. Persons employed or working at a licensed athletic facility.
4. Medical facilities in which massage is performed as prescribed treatment only on patients of the medical facility.
5. Nurses who are registered or certified as such under the laws of the state of California.
6. Physicians, surgeons, chiropractors, osteopaths, or physical therapists who are duly permitted to practice their respective professions in the state of California, or provide professional services in lawful compliance with Corporations Code § 13401(a).
7. Recognized schools of massage.
8. Businesses where a massage is performed while the person sits in a chair, such as head and neck massage, foot massage, or as part of a manicure or pedicure, and performed in public view or in a open common room.
9. Massage establishments or out-call massage services that are operating pursuant to a duly issued city business license that is issued prior to the effective date of this chapter shall have until December 31, 2013 to meet the state certification requirement described in Section 5.68.040 and any posting of such requirements detailed in other provisions.
10. This chapter is not intended to regulate massages that are not part of a business occupation.
(Ord. 2012-05 § 2 (part), 2012)