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Copyrighted by SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE & Municipal Code Corporation, 1998.

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Sec. B22-23. Off-premises massage prohibited; limited exceptions.

(a) No person shall engage in any of the services under this division at any place other than an establishment permitted pursuant to this division, unless the client of such services possesses and presents a valid prescription from a licensed physician to the effect that the client cannot be treated at the massage establishment. A record of every such prescription shall be obtained and kept by the person rendering this service for a period of one year. Such record shall show the name and address of the physician, the date, and any applicable prescription number.

(b) Chair massage services may be offered at the workaday of businesses with over 25 employees without obtaining a separate massage establishment permit. Such chair massage services shall comply with the following standards:

(1) During the duration of the massage, the client shall be seated in a chair. The client shall be fully clothed. The massage shall be limited to the client's neck, arms, shoulders, and back area above the waist and shall be done without the use of oils, creams, tonics, lotions, antiseptics, tanning products, or other similar preparations. The chair massage shall not last longer than 30 minutes.

(2) All chair massage services shall be performed by a massage therapist holding a valid current permit under this division.

(3) The chair massage services will be available equally to all employees of the business. Provision of chair massage services shall be limited to those hours that the business is regularly open to the public. The services shall be provided in an open environment and shall be observable to the passer-by.

(4) The business offering chair massage services at the workaday shall approve the provision of such services at the workaday. The business offering chair massage services shall notify the Sheriff of the location at the workaday at which the chair massage will be provided and the hours during which chair massage services will be made available. The business shall keep a record of the names of each massage therapist who provides chair massage services at the workaday and shall allow the Sheriff to inspect such records upon request. Records shall be kept for a minimum of one year.

(Ord. No. NS-516.3, § 1, 1-9-01)

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