As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
MASSAGE, BODYWORK, AND/OR SOMATIC THERAPIES Any systems of activity of structured touch which include, but are not limited to, holding, applying pressure, stroking, kneading, positioning and mobilizing soft tissue of the body by manual technique and use of visual, kinesthetic, auditory and palpating skills to assess the body for purposes of applying therapeutic massage, bodywork, or somatic principles. Such applications may include, but are not limited to, the use of therapies such as heliotherapy or hydrotherapy, the use of moist hot and cold external applications, external application of herbal or topical preparations not classified as prescription drugs, movement and neuromyofacial education and education in self care and stress management. Massage, bodywork, and somatic therapies do not include the diagnosis or treatment of illness, disease, impairment, or disability.
Nothing in this chapter is meant to regulate the process by which massage and bodywork therapists become certified, licensed, and/or registered, a process that is currently overseen and regulated by the New Jersey Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy and outlined in N.J.S.A. 45:11-53 et seq.
The administering of massage, bodywork, and/or somatic therapies for any form of consideration by any person not licensed by the State of New Jersey pursuant to the Massage and Bodywork Therapist Licensing Act, N.J.S.A. 45:11-53 et seq. and N.J.S.A. 45:11-68 et seq., shall be prohibited within the limits of the Borough of Glassboro.
Applicants for a massage establishment registration shall pay an annual registration fee of $250, which shall become due on January 1 of every year. In order to be properly registered, the applicant must remit the registration fee, attach to the application a copy of the establishment's state-issued license, and attach to the application a copy of the license issued to each of the establishment's therapists by the New Jersey Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy.
Each application for a massage establishment registration, or the renewal thereof, which shall be submitted to the Police Department, must be approved by the Mayor and Council before any registration is issued. The Mayor and Council shall not approve said application unless a copy of the establishment's state-issued license and a copy of the state-issued license for each of the establishment's therapists are attached to the registration application.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to massage or physical therapy treatments given by a massage therapist certified by either the AMTA or the AMBP, and:
A. In the office of a licensed physician, osteopath, chiropractor, or physical therapist; or
B. In a regularly established medical center, hospital, or sanitarium having a staff which includes licensed physicians, chiropractors, or physical therapists; or
C. By any licensed physician, osteopath, chiropractor, or physical therapist in the residence of his patient.
All massage establishments and massage therapists shall comply with applicable state laws and regulations, including N.J.S.A. 45:11-53 et seq., N.J.S.A. 45:11-68 et seq., and N.J.A.C. 13:37A-1.1 et seq.
The massage, bodywork, and somatic therapy establishment shall display its state-issued license as well as the state-issued license of each and every massage therapist employed by the establishment in an open and conspicuous place of the premises of the establishment, in accordance with N.J.A.C. 13:37A-3.4.
No owner, operator, or manager of a massage, bodywork, and somatic therapy establishment shall tolerate in his or her establishment any activity or behavior prohibited by the laws of the State of New Jersey, particularly, but not limited to, laws proscribing prostitution, indecency and obscenity; nor shall any owner, operator, or manager tolerate in his or her establishment any activity or behavior which violates this chapter.
No part of any quarters of a massage, bodywork, and somatic therapy establishment shall be used for or connected with a bedroom or sleeping quarters, nor may any person sleep in such massage, bodywork, and somatic therapy establishment. This provision shall not preclude the location of a massage therapy establishment in separate quarters of a building wherein a hotel or other separate business is located.
Any violation of this chapter will be reported to the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy, which may result in the revocation of state-issued licensure.