Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code Art. 2 Massage Technicians

A. No person shall act as a massage technician or perform any massage services in the city unless such person holds and maintains a current, valid massage-related certification issued by the CAMTC.

B. No person who has had their CAMTC certification suspended shall provide any massage services for the duration of the suspension period.

C. No person who has had their CAMTC certification revoked shall provide any massage services.

(Code 1981, § 5.24.100; Ord. No. 544, § 6, 2-5-2013)

A. Certification. Within five business days of employment or the performance of massage services within the city, a massage technician shall submit a copy of their CAMTC certification to the director and to any massage establishment where they will provide any massage services.

B. Disciplinary action. A massage technician must notify the city immediately of any disciplinary action taken by the CAMTC upon that massage technician. If the CAMTC issues any written notice or order regarding such discipline, the massage technician must immediately submit a copy of that notice or order to the director.

C. Attire. A massage technician while engaged in the practice of massage for compensation, or while visible to clients in a massage establishment, shall not dress in:

(1) Attire that is transparent, see-through, or substantially exposes the certificate holder's undergarments.

(2) Swim attire, if not providing a water-based massage modality approved by the council.

(3) A manner that exposes the certificate holder's breasts, buttocks, or genitals.

(4) A manner that constitutes a violation of Penal Code § 314.

(5) A manner that is otherwise deemed by the council to constitute unprofessional attire based on the custom and practice of the profession in the state.

D. Physical contact prohibited. No massage technician shall, in the course of administering any massage service, expose their specified anatomical areas or make physical contact with the specified anatomical areas of any client.

E. Doors. No massage technician shall lock the premises' exterior doors or any interior doors during business hours (including electric locking devices), unless t the massage establishment is a business entity owned by one individual with one or no employees or independent contractors.

F. Employer compliance. No massage technician shall knowingly provide massage services at a massage establishment that does not comply with the operating requirements in section 5.24.030 (Operating requirements) of this chapter.

G. Display of certificate or identification card. The CAMTC certification or any CAMTC-issued identification card shall remain in the massage technician's possession at all times while the massage technician is administering a massage and shall be presented upon the request of any other person.

(Code 1981, § 5.24.110; Ord. No. 544, § 6, 2-5-2013)