Other than as specifically excepted in section 4.04.003, no massage shall be administered by a person who does not have a current valid massagist license.
(1999 Code, sec. 112.35)
(a) 
No license to engage in the business of administering massages shall be issued until an application therefor has been completed and filed with the city. This section shall apply to both an initial license and a renewal of an existing license.
(b) 
The city shall provide to an applicant for a massagist license a form containing the information as specified in this section, which shall be completed and filed with the city by each applicant for such license. The application shall be executed under oath attesting to the truth and accuracy of the information contained therein. The application shall request of the applicant the following information:
(1) 
The kind of license requested.
(2) 
The name of the applicant.
(3) 
The location where the applicant proposes to administer massages and solicit patrons and the telephone number at the location. If the applicant intends to engage in business or administer massages at more than one location, the addresses of such additional locations shall be specified if the applicant intends to or has previously administered massages at such locations on more than two occasions during a calendar year. If the applicant intends to administer a massage at locations to be identified by patrons which are presently unknown to the applicant, a specific statement to that effect shall be set forth.
(4) 
The legal name of the applicant for the license.
(5) 
The addresses of any residences of the applicant within the 90 days preceding the date of the application, including the current home address of the applicant and his telephone number and the length for which the applicant has been a resident of such address.
(6) 
A health certificate as defined in this article issued not more than 15 days prior to submitting such application, to be attached to the application.
(7) 
The birthdate and social security number of the applicant.
(8) 
The names and addresses of all massage establishments in which the applicant has been employed for the preceding two years.
(9) 
Disclosure as to the applicant of all final convictions occurring within two years of the date of such application of any federal or state offense which is a felony or misdemeanor offense of sodomy, procuring, pandering, keeping a bawdy or lewd house, keeping an assignation house and engaging in prostitution, purchasing or selling dangerous drugs, assault or battery. If such conviction is disclosed, the disclosure shall specify the nature of the crime, the name of the person so convicted, the date of conviction and the jurisdiction in which the conviction was entered.
(10) 
That the applicant acknowledges that, pursuant to this article, the city shall have the power and authority to conduct an independent inquiry or investigation as to the information above provided and that, if such inquiry or investigation reveals any dispute as to the accuracy or completeness of such information, the city has the authority to require the applicant to provide a recently made photograph and fingerprinting of the applicant, and the applicant shall be required to provide such to the city upon the request of the city prior to making a final decision as to approving or denying such license.
(11) 
A photostatic copy of a diploma of graduation from a recognized school, as an exhibit attached to the application. Such diploma must be representative to the fact that the applicant attended a course of study of not less than six months, wherein such course of study consisted of a curriculum of physical culture, massage, hydrotherapy, electrotherapy and hygiene. In the event such applicant should not have such diploma, then the applicant must attach a transcript from an accredited educational institution demonstrating the completion, with passing grades, of courses of instruction of physical culture, massage, hydrotherapy, electrotherapy, and hygiene or must have had an apprenticeship and practical experience for a period of not less than two years in a massage, physical culture establishment or other equivalent facility in which the applicant has received training and experience in physical culture, massage, hydrotherapy, electrotherapy and hygiene. The application shall specify the name and address of such establishments from which the applicant has obtained such training and experience with the periods during which such training was received and a description of such training.
(1999 Code, sec. 112.36)
The holder of any license issued pursuant to this part shall, within seven days from the occurrence of any event which causes a change in the information provided in section 4.04.092, inform the city in writing of such change. Such notice shall specify the changed information in the same manner as if the information was specified in the original license application.
(1999 Code, sec. 112.37)
A license fee as provided in section A4.04.095 of the fee schedule in appendix A to this code shall accompany all applications for a license or renewal thereof at the time of application.
(1999 Code, sec. 112.39; Ordinance adopting Code)