This Part 6 shall be known as the "City of Augusta Massage Establishment
and Massage Therapist Regulatory Ordinance."
The purpose of this Part 6 is to:
A. Regulate the practice of legitimate massage therapy by trained and
experienced therapists as a component of the health care system in
the City of Augusta.
B. Exclude from the practice of massage therapy in the City of Augusta
those without legitimate training or experience.
C. Enforce public health, safety and general welfare concerns and practices
regarding massage therapy and establishments.
D. Prohibit persons from using massage establishments to engage in sexual
acts or sexual contact for hire.
As used in this Part 6, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENT or THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENT
Used interchangeably to mean any business which employs,
leases, rents or houses one or more massage therapists and/or engages
in the act of massage therapy in the City of Augusta for consideration
or with the expectation of receiving consideration of any gratuity,
whether or not the business has a fixed place of business within the
City limits.
MASSAGE or THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE
Used interchangeably to mean any method of rubbing, kneading,
tapping, vibration, compression, percussion, application of friction
or manipulation of the external parts of the human body with the hands
or other parts of the body or with the aid of any instrument or device.
MASSAGE THERAPIST
Any person who performs therapeutic massage for consideration
or gratuity or with the expectation of receiving consideration or
any gratuity.
The following persons shall be exempt from this Part 6 while
practicing in accordance with the laws of this state: physicians,
physician's assistants, surgeons, osteopaths, nurses, chiropractors,
physical therapists, barbers, cosmetologists, beauticians, and those
licensed with the State of Maine Department of Professional and Financial
Regulation upon presentation of their state license to City of Augusta
officials.
No person shall make any false, untruthful or fraudulent statement
or in any way conceal a material fact on an application, or give or
use a fictitious name in order to obtain a permit. Any permit obtained
in violation of this section shall be void.
Any violation of this Part 6 shall result in a fine of $100,
immediate revocation of the person's massage establishment permit,
massage therapy permit, and any and all applications for massage therapy
and establishment permits. The person in violation shall not apply
for a massage therapy permit or massage establishment permit for one
year.