HomeMy WebLinkAbout6.j. Massage Ordinance, Second ReadingCITY OF ROSEMOUNT
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR ACTION
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: July 5, 2000
AGENDA ITEM: MASSAGE ORDINANCE AGENDA SECTION:
CONSENT
PREPARED BY: THOMAS D. BURT, CITY ADMINISTRATOR AGEND *6
ATTACHMENTS: ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 3 i 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.
The "First Reading" was held at the last City Council meeting of June 20' Staff recommends approval.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: MOTION to adopt AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE TITLE
3, CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE B, CONCERNING SAUNAS AND MASSAGE PARLORS.
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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, 1VQNNESOTA ORDAINS AS
FOLLOWS:
S ection 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 (IMSTAQ, the
Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation (COMTA), or a comparable national or
regional organization that evaluates program compliance with quality and competency
standards through a process of periodic review and self -study
S ection 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.
S ection 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 curren
insurance coverage of at least one million dollars ($1,000,000) for prof maintain liab lity in
the practice of massage.
ection 5. Rosemount City Code, Secti
follows: on 3 -2B-4, paragraph B.12, is amended to read as
Only a licensed massage therapist shall be permitted to massage customers.
Section 6 . Rosemount City Code, Section 3 -2B-4, paragraph 13.14, 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 whine practicing massage.
eclion I 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 sb 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.
ection 8. Rosemount City Code, Section 3 -2B -6, is amended to read as follows:
MASSAGE TEIERAPISTS; 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-
& 99 . 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
RN- 178347v1 Cathy Busho, Mayor
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