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Attachment D <br />45 B.Health and sanitation regulations governing massage therapy establishments <br />46 and massage therapists can minimize the risk of the spread of communicable <br />47 diseases and can promote overall health and sanitation. <br />48 C.License qualifications for the restrictions on massage therapy establishments <br />49 and massage therapists can minimize the risk that such businesses and persons <br />50 will facilitate prostitution and other criminal activity in the community. <br />51 D. Massage services provided by persons with no specialized and standardized <br />52 training in massage can endanger citizens by facilitating the spread of <br />53 communicable diseases, by exposing citizens to unhealthy and unsanitary <br />54 conditions, and by increasing the risk of personal injury. <br />55 E. Massage businesses which employ persons with no specialized and <br />56 standardized training can tax city law-enforcement services, because such <br />57 businesses are more likely to be operated as fronts for prostitution and other <br />58 criminal activity than operations established by persons with standardized <br />59 training. Fewer of such businesses will reduce the drain on law enforcement. <br />60 F.The training of professional massage therapists at accredited institutions is an <br />61 important means of ensuring the fullest measure of protecting the public health, <br />62 safety and welfare. <br />63 <br />64 309.02 DEFINITIONS: <br />65 <br />66 As used in this Chapter, the following words and terms shall have the meanings ascribed <br />67 to them in this Section: <br />68 <br />69 ACCREDITED INSTITUTION: An educational institution holding accredited status with <br />70 the Minnesota Office of Higher Education or the United States Department of Education. <br />71 <br />72 CHAIR MASSAGE: A massage provided to a fully-clothed individual, and limited to the <br />73 neck, shoulders, arms, and back, where the massage is not provided in a massage therapy <br />74 establishment; and provided the individual giving the massage meets the requirements <br />75 specified in Section 309.05(A). (Ord. 1329, 11-14-05) <br />76 <br />77 MASSAGE THERAPIST: A person who practices or administers massage therapy to the <br />78 public. <br />79 <br />80 MASSAGE THERAPY: The rubbing, stroking, kneading, tapping or rolling of the body <br />81 with the hands or other parts of the body for the exclusive purposes of relaxation, physical <br />82 fitness or beautification and for no other purpose. <br />83 <br />84 MASSAGE THERAPY ESTABLISHMENT: Any room, or premise wherein a person may <br />85 receive a massage from a licensed massage therapist for a fee; where massages are given <br />86 on more than 14 calendar days in any given calendar yearthat does not meet the description <br />87 of 309.03(B). (Ord. 1329, 11- 14-05) <br />88 <br />89 SANITARY: Free from the vegetative cells of pathogenic microorganisms. (Ord. 1142, 6- <br />90 13-1994) <br />RS160\\1\\850086.v5 <br /> <br />