Any massage establishment in operation under a license issued pursuant to this article shall comply with the provisions of this division governing the conduct and operation of its business.
(1999 Code, sec. 112.50)
No massage establishment shall be open for the business of providing massages during any day prior to 8:00 a.m. and subsequent to 10:00 p.m.
(1999 Code, sec. 112.51)
The door to each room in which massages are administered shall be removed or not closed, or a clear glass panel not less than 10 inches by 12 inches or one observation device having an angle of view of at least 60° into the room shall be placed in the upper portion of the door to each room in which massages are administered if the door is closed. The view through the clear glass shall not be obscured by any means.
(1999 Code, sec. 112.52)
It shall be the duty of every person conducting or operating a massage establishment to keep the same at all times in a clean and sanitary condition. All instruments and mechanical, therapeutic or bathing devices or parts thereof that come into contact with the human body shall be sanitized by a modern and approved method of sanitization before initial use, and any such instruments and devices, or parts thereof, after having been used upon one patron, shall be sanitized before using the same upon another. No towels and linens shall be furnished for use of another until thoroughly laundered. All massagists shall wash their hands thoroughly before administering a massage to each patron accommodated.
(1999 Code, sec. 112.53)
No person suffering from an infectious or communicable disease shall work or be employed in a massage establishment. No person shall be accommodated as a patron within a massage establishment when, to the knowledge of the owner, person in control, or any employee, such person is suffering from an infectious or communicable disease.
(1999 Code, sec. 112.54)
No person shall receive a massage unless said patron is covered by opaque material such as a towel or shorts covering the hips, genitals and anal areas. No massagist shall touch the genitals or anal area of any patron or the breast if the patron is a female, nor shall a patron touch the genitals or anal area of a massagist, and if the massagist is a female, the prohibited area shall include the breast.
(1999 Code, sec. 112.55)
In the administration of any massage, the provisions of sections 4.04.166 and 4.04.167 shall not be applicable to any person for whom a massage is ordered upon the written certificate of a licensed physician, osteopath or chiropractor, provided that such certificate shall be signed by the physician, osteopath or chiropractor, shall be dated, and shall specifically state the number of treatments, not to exceed ten, and the specific type of treatment recommended therein, and further that the date and hour of each treatment given pursuant to the certificate, the name of the massagist giving the treatment, and the name of the patron receiving the treatment shall be maintained in a record to be preserved by the owner or operator of the massage establishment for a period of two years and shall be available for inspection by the city or its designated representative.
(1999 Code, sec. 112.57)
No massage establishment or massagist shall arrange for or conduct the administration of a massage under the license applicable to such party except upon the premises of the massage establishment at the location specified in the application for the license, unless, within the application, information is specifically set forth that it is the intention of the holder of the license to administer massages or arrange for the same at unspecified locations within the city, and in such event the holder of the license shall maintain records subject to the same provisions as in section 4.04.168, which shall specify, as to each massage so arranged or conducted, the name, residential address and telephone number of the person receiving the massage, and the date, hour and place at which such massage was administered.
(1999 Code, sec. 112.58)
Every massage establishment shall post in a conspicuous place available for observation by all patrons a printed list of all services performed or available as provided by the massage establishment and the price or prices therefor in bold printing with the lettering not less than one inch high for each character, and the notice shall specify whether or not the payment of any gratuity to any massagist or other employee of the massage establishment is permitted.
(1999 Code, sec. 112.59)
Any massagist administering a massage pursuant to a license issued as required by this article shall comply with the substantive provisions and regulations of this article. Any reference in this article to a massage establishment shall apply to the massagist in the manner of conduct or performance in the administration of any massage.
(1999 Code, sec. 112.60)