HomeMy WebLinkAbout9.d. Massage Ordinance, First ReadingCITY OF ROSEMOUNT
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR ACTION
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: June 20, 2000
AGENDA ITEM: MASSAGE ORDINANCE
AGENDA SECTION:
NEW BUSINESS
PREPARED BY: THOMAS D. BURT, CITY ADMINISTRATOR
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ATTACHMENTS: ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 3
APPROVED BY:
The City Council reviewed the changes to the Massage Ordinance that would modernize it in order to maintain
safety and yet allow massage therapy within Rosemount expanding business opportunities.
This is considered the "First Reading" of the ordinance. Approval would be recommended at the next regular
meeting if public input does not advise otherwise.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: First reading. No action needed- Suggest approval at next regular City
Council meeting.
COUNCIL ACTION:
CITY OF ROSEMOUNT
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE TITLE 3,
CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE B, CONCERNING SAUNAS AND
MASSAGE PARLORS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMOUNT, MINNESOTA ORDAINS AS
- FOLLOWS:
Section 1 . Rosemount City Code, Section 3 -2B -2 Definitions, is amended by deleting the
term "MASSEUR and MASSUSE and replacing it with the following:
MASSAGE THERAPIST
A person who practices massage. The practice of massage is distinct from the practice of
medicine, surgery, osteopathy, chiropractic, physical therapy or podiatry and persons duly
licensed or registered in this State to practice medicine, surgery, osteopathy, chiropractic,
physical therapy or podiatry, nurses who work solely under the direction of any such
persons, athletic directors and trainers are expressly excluded from the provisions of this
Article. Duly licensed beauty culturists and barbers who do not provide, or hold themselves
out to provide, massage or massage services, as defined herein, other than is customarily
given in such shops or places of business, for the purposes of beautification only, are also
excluded from these provisions.
Section 2 . Rosemount City Code, Section 3 -2B -2 Definitions, is amended by replacing
the definition of the term "RECOGNIZED SCHOOL" with the following:
Any school or institution of learning which: a) teaches the theory and method of massage,
including Swedish, Esalen, Shiatsu, and/or Foot Reflexology techniques, anatomy
instruction such as skeletal and muscular structure and organ location, and hygene; b)
requires a resident course of study of not less than one hundred (100) hours before a
student shall be furnished with a diploma or certificate of graduation from a massage
program, and; c) has been licensed by the State of Minnesota or is accredited by the
International Massage and Somatic Therapies Accreditation Council (IMSTAC), the
Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation (COMTA), or a comparable national or
regional organization that evaluates program compliance with quality and competency
standards through aprocess of periodic review and self -study
Section 3 . Rosemount City Code, Section 3 -2B -3, paragraph BA.d., is amended to read
as follows:
Has not received a diploma or certificate of graduation from a recognized school
demonstrating completion of a massage program.
Section 4 . Rosemount City Code, Section 3 -2B -4, is amended by the addition of new
paragraph A.3. which reads as follows:
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Licensee Insurance. All business and personal service licensees shall maintain current
insurance coverage of at least one million dollars ($1,000,000) for professional liability in
the practice of massage.
Section 5 . Rosemount City Code, Section 3 -2B4, paragraph B.12, is amended to read as
follows:
Only a licensed massage therapist shall be permitted to massage customers.
Section 6 . Rosemount City Code, Section 3 -2B -4, paragraph B.14, is amended to read as
follows;
Massage therapists shall ensure that customers' genitals and the breasts of female
customers remain covered during massages. Massage therapists shall remain fully
clothed while practicing massage.
Section 7 . Rosemount City Code, Section 3 -2B -4, paragraph B.15, is amended to read as
follows:
Massage therapists shall not touch or massage the genitals of a customer or the breasts of
a female customer or so massage the customer as to cause sexual arousal. Massages shall
not be administered on a call -out basis. Massages shall be given solely within the
licensed establishment.
Section 8 . Rosemount City Code, Section 3 -2B -6, is amended to read as follows:
MASSAGE THERAPISTS; REGISTRATION:
A. All licensed sauna and/or massage parlors shall furnish the Police Department with a list
of current employees, indicating the names, addresses and which employees are
practicing massage as part of their duties. The licensee shall promptly notify the Police
Department of any change in the list.
B. No licensed sauna and/or massage parlors shall be open for business unless and until any
massage therapists employed in the business have first complied with the registration
requirements of this Article. Massage therapists employed in any such business shall
display a registration certificate in a prominent place on the licensed premises.
Section 9 . This ordinance shall be effective the day following its passage and publication
according to law.
ENACTED AND ORDAINED into an Ordinance this day of . 2000.
CITY OF ROSEMOUNT
Cathy Busho, Mayor
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