A.
This
chapter is intended to permit and regulate the specific conditions
under which the activity of professional instruction of the art of
massage is conducted by persons licensed and qualified to do so by
the State of California within the corporate city limits.
B.
Notwithstanding
any other provision within the Municipal Code to the contrary, the
practice of massage instruction shall be deemed to be a legal permitted
use within the C-1 and C-2 Zoning Districts of the City.
(2552 § 1, 2001; 2808 § 1, 2012)
A.
Massage
school operations. No person, firm, or other entity, shall establish
and operate a massage school without complying with the following
regulations:
1.
The
school must be certified by the State Bureau of Private Postsecondary
and Vocational Education under the auspices of the State Department
of Consumer Affairs;
2.
If
the school is in any manner consolidated with any other organization
or business enterprise, the massage students, student records, and
curriculum shall be segregated. In the event the applicant is operating
a school of cosmetology on the same premises, students from that school
may be used as needed for massage training; and
3.
At
no time shall the school be operated in any manner to provide or allow
massage therapy and/or instruction to any person not enrolled as a
student of the school;
4.
School
hours of operation shall occur only between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.
B.
Massage
instructors. No person shall conduct massage instruction without meeting
the following requirements:
1.
All
instructors shall be certified by the State Bureau for Private Postsecondary
and Vocational Education under the auspices of the State Department
of Consumer Affairs;
2.
Each
massage instructor must satisfy one of the following standards:
a.
A medical doctor licensed to practice medicine within the State of
California;
b.
A chiropractor licensed by the State of California;
c.
A physical therapist certificated by a recognized school of physical
therapy;
d.
A person with an undergraduate degree from a recognized college or
university; or
e.
A minimum of 600 hours of training in massage therapy from a certified
massage school.
(2552 § 1, 2001; 2808 § 1, 2012)
A.
It shall
be unlawful for any person, firm, or other entity to establish a massage
school and/or conduct massage instruction as an instructor without
obtaining a massage school and/or massage school instructors permit
from the Police Chief.
B.
Permit
applications containing the requisite information for issuance of
a permit shall be provided to the applicant by the Police Department.
C.
The
applicant shall provide the school certification required by this
chapter, a copy of the curriculum and a list of instructors, and a
copy of the instructors' certificate as required by this chapter at
the time of submission of the application, and any other applicable
information as required by the Police Department.
(2552 § 1, 2001; 2808 § 1, 2012)
