5.36.090 Massage technician requirements.
A. CAMTC Certificate Required. It is unlawful for any person to give, provide or administer to another person for any form of consideration a massage as defined in this chapter at a massage business in the City without a valid CAMTC certificate.
B. Compliance Period for CAMTC Certificate. Within six months of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section, massage technicians must have a valid CAMTC certificate.
C. No Services Unless Listed. It is unlawful for a massage technician to provide any service not specifically listed on the massage establishment’s posted list of services.
D. No Removal of Clothing. It is unlawful for a massage technician to remove any article of the massage business uniform or any other article of clothing while providing any massage service.
E. Specified Anatomical Areas.
1. It is unlawful for a massage technician to provide massage when any specified anatomical area of either the patron or the massage technician is exposed while performing massage at the permitted business.
2. It is unlawful for a massage technician to touch the specified anatomical area of a patron while performing massage at the permitted establishment, regardless of whether the touching is over or under the patron’s clothing or other covering.
F. Sexual Activity, Advertising, and Fraudulent Activity in Massage Services Prohibited. It is a violation of this chapter for a massage technician to engage in any unprofessional conduct as defined in California Business and Professions Code Section 4609, as that section from time to time may be amended. (Ord. 3541 § 1, 2023).