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Attachment C <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 that only employ persons with the training <br />59 required by this ordinance. Fewer of such businesses will reduce the drain on <br />60 law enforcement. <br />61 F. The training of professional massage therapists at accredited institutions is an <br />62 important means of ensuring the fullest measure of protecting the public health, <br />63 safety and welfare. <br />64 <br />65 309.02 DEFINITIONS: <br />66 <br />67 As used in this Chapter, the following words and terms shall have the meanings ascribed <br />68 to them in this Section: <br />69 <br />70 ACCREDITED INSTITUTION: An educational institution holding accredited status with <br />71 the Minnesota Office of Higher Education or the United States Department of Education. <br />72 <br />73 CHAIR MASSAGE: A massage provided to a fully-clothed individual, and limited to the <br />74 neck, shoulders, arms, and back, where the massage is not provided in a massage therapy <br />75 establishment; and provided the individual giving the massage meets the requirements <br />76 specified in Section 309.05(A). (Ord. 1329, 11-14-05) <br />77 <br />78 MASSAGE THERAPIST: A person who practices or administers massage therapy to the <br />79 public. <br />80 <br />81 MASSAGE THERAPY: The rubbing, stroking, kneading, tapping or rolling of the body <br />82 with the hands or other parts of the body for the exclusive purposes of relaxation, physical <br />83 fitness, rehabilitation or beautification and for no other purpose. <br />84 <br />85 MASSAGE THERAPY ESTABLISHMENT: Any room, or premise wherein a person may <br />86 receive a massage from a licensed massage therapist for a fee; where massages are given <br />87 on more than 14 calendar days in any given calendar yearthat does not meet the description <br />88 of 309.03(B). (Ord. 1329, 11- 14-05) <br />89 <br />Final Draft 4.24.23 <br /> <br />