§ 3.55.080. Standards for issuance of permit.

To receive a permit to provide services as a massage therapist an applicant must meet the following standards:

(1)

The applicant must be at least eighteen years of age and a lawful citizen or resident of the United States.

(2)

The applicant must not have been convicted or released from imprisonment after conviction of a felony or any crime involving moral turpitude within five years immediately preceding the date of application. For the purposes of this section the term "conviction" shall include being placed on diversion, entering into a deferred judgment program, or being adjudged guilty upon entering a plea of no contest.

(3)

The applicant must not be currently under indictment, charge or information for any felony or any crime of moral turpitude as defined in subsection 3.55.010(7);

(4)

The applicant must not be a registered sex offender with any federal, state or local government.

(5)

The applicant must provide one of the following:

(a)

Proof the applicant has sat for and passed the Massage and Bodywork Licensure exam (MBLEx); or

(b)

Proof the applicant has sat for and passed the National Certificate of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork exam (NCTMB) prior to February 1, 2015; or

(c)

An official transcript showing the applicant has successfully completed a minimum of five hundred instructor taught classroom hours within a recognized massage therapist school; or

(d)

Proof of one hundred fifty hours of education from an accredited institution, at least twelve hours of continuing education units in the last five years, and membership in a nationally recognized massage therapy association.

(6)

The applicant must not have had a similar type of permit or license suspended or revoked in any jurisdiction within five years immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application.

(Ord. No. 50-248 § 8, 4-26-16)