<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 10-54. - Qualifications of applicant for license for masseur or masseuse.</div>
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               (a)
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               No person shall give or offer or hold oneself out to offer a massage as a masseur
               or masseuse, or employ, or engage as an independent contractor any masseur or masseuse
               who gives, or offers or holds oneself to offer a massage unless such person shall
               have satisfactorily completed a course of study in body massage in an approved school
               of instruction or training within the criteria and guidelines set forth in this section.
               The county manager's office shall maintain a list of such approved schools.
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               (1)
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               Said courses shall pertain to anatomy, physiology, hygiene, first aid, exercise therapy,
               massage techniques, and related aspects of the art and science.
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               (2)
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               Courses of study in body massage shall constitute 500 hours of study in connection
               with an approved school.
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               a.
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               Two hundred fifty hours shall be accredited instructional hours pertaining to:
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               1.
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               Classroom or clinical training in therapeutic massage and reflexology techniques.
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               2.
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               Classroom or clinical instruction or contraindications for massage.
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               3.
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               Classroom or clinical or laboratory instruction to develop a knowledge of the anatomy
               of physiology of the systems of the body with emphasis on the muscular and skeletal
               systems.
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               b.
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               The additional 250 hours may be accomplished simultaneously with the academic, clinical
               or classroom or laboratory training by virtue of what is commonly known as "on-the-job
               training," or can be certified to by an employer of a masseur or masseuse by sworn
               affidavit as having been accomplished during or before the effective date of the ordinance
               from which this article is derived. Such training shall pertain to:
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               1.
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               Understanding the benefits of massage; and
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               2.
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               Assisting the students in developing an awareness of massage as a therapeutic process.
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               (b)
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               Any school organized by or approved by or affiliated with the American Massage and
               Therapy Association, Incorporated, shall constitute an approved school.
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               (c)
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               Compliance with this section shall first be determined by the county manager with
               the same rights of appeal and hearing to the board of commissioners as elsewhere granted
               in this article.
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               (d)
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               For a person presently employed as a masseur or masseuse in the county, this section
               shall not apply until December 31, 1986, after which time such persons must be actively
               engaged, enrolled or participating in a course of study designated to fulfill the
               requirements of this section and which is certified by an official of the approved
               school. Present employment shall be established by sworn affidavit from the employer.
               The burden of establishing such active engagement, enrollment or participation shall
               be upon the person seeking a permit therein.
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               (e)
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               In no event shall any person act as aforesaid without satisfying the training requirements
               set forth within the county after January 1, 1987.
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               (Code 1984, Â§ 8-18; Ord. of 9-2-1986)
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