§ 5.36.190. Minimum requirements—Massage therapist permit.

Massage therapist applicants must provide the City Administrator with evidence that they possess at least two of the following minimum qualifications before a permit may be issued:

A.

An original copy of a diploma, certificate or academic transcript that demonstrates completion of three hundred (300) hours of in-class instruction from a recognized school;

B.

Satisfactory passage of the National Certification Exam for Therapeutic Massage or Bodywork;

C.

Membership in good standing in a National Professional Massage Organization or Association that requires its member to have the following:

1.

Substantiation of at least one hundred (100) hours of massage training or education;

2.

Possession of practitioner's liability insurance coverage in the minimum amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) per event;

3.

Adherence to a code of ethics; and

4.

Renewal of membership at a minimum of once every two years.

(Ord. 12675 § 4 (part), 2005)