5.70.050 Exemptions.

The provisions of this chapter do not apply to the following:

(1)    Persons giving massage treatments or baths in a private residence or bona fide private social or athletic club having been in existence for at least two (2) years from the date of the adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter, not open to the public generally;

(2)    Athletic coaches or trainers affiliated with public or private educational institutions or athletic organizations;

(3)    Students enrolled under the direction of and in the presence of a licensed masseur in schools of massage performing such practices of massage as are incidental to their course of study;

(4)    Massage treatments given in any hospital, medical or chiropractic clinic, licensed nursing or convalescent homes, or by licensed physical therapists; and

(5)    Licensed beauty operators and barbers who perform only such acts of massage as are customarily given in beauty salons and barbershops for purposes of beautification only are also exempt from the provisions of this chapter. (Sec. 2 of Ord. 2014-08-03)