A. Persons holding an active and valid certificate or license to practice the healing arts under the laws of the state of California and their employees and contractors who are working under the direct on-site supervision of licensed providers such as, but not limited to, holders of medical degrees such as physicians, surgeons, chiropractors, osteopaths, naturopaths, podiatrists, physical therapists, registered nurses, and licensed vocational nurses, when practicing the healing arts within the scope of, and incidental to, an applicable license.

B. State-licensed hospitals, nursing homes, sanitariums, physiotherapy businesses or other state-licensed physical or mental health facilities and their employees or independent contractors. Approved schools of massage and their students in training, provided such students provide massage therapy only under the direct personal supervision of an instructor. Such instructor must be physically present on the establishment premises while the massage is being administered.

C. Barbers and cosmetologists who are licensed under the state of California, providing massage therapy within the scope of, and incidental to, their licenses; provided, that such massage therapy is limited solely to the neck, face, scalp, feet, lower limbs up to the knees, and hands and arms of their clients.

D. Athletic trainers employed by a professional or semiprofessional athlete or athletic team, or athletic trainers hired by a local, state, or federal government agency, or the Chula Vista Elite Athlete Training Center, so long as such persons do not practice massage therapy as their primary occupation at any location in the city. (Ord. 3541 § 1, 2023).