San Leandro Municipal Code Art. 1 Purpose

(Legislative History: Ordinance No. 2016-008, 7/5/16)

In enacting these regulations the City Council recognizes that massage therapy is a viable professional field offering the public valuable health and therapeutic services. It is the purpose and intent of the City Council to protect the public health, safety, and welfare and ensure massage services are provided in a lawful and professional manner by doing the following: providing minimum qualifications for massage establishments, and providing minimum building, sanitation, and operation standards for massage services. The City intends to comply with and rely upon Section 4600 et seq., of the California Business and Professions Code, which was adopted as SB 731 by the Legislature in 2008 and subsequently amended by AB 1147 by the Legislature in 2014.