§ 467-040. EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

(a)

Educational requirements. All applicants for a massage establishment permit or a massage practitioner permit must meet one of the following educational standards in order to qualify for such permit:

(1)

Completion of a course of instruction at a recognized school of massage, or a state approved and regionally accredited college, junior college or university, which includes at least 200 hours of a non-repetitive curriculum in anatomy, physiology, hygiene, sanitation, and the theory, history, ethics and practice of massage; or

(2)

Certification by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork.

(b)

Exemption from educational requirement. An applicant for a massage establishment permit may be exempted from the educational requirement if the applicant signs a declaration under penalty of perjury that he/she will not personally engage in the practice of massage.

(Ord. No. 1641, § 1, 11-7-2017)