§ 3.55.085. Licensing of existing massage practitioners.

For a period of one year after the effective date of this chapter, an applicant may obtain a renewable permit to provide services as a massage therapist by meeting the following standards:

(1)

The applicant must meet the requirements contained in subsection (1), (2), (3), (4) and (6) of section 3.55.080, and amendments thereto; and

(2)

The applicant meets one of the following requirements:

(a)

The applicant has completed a minimum of five hundred hours of instruction relating to massage therapy at a massage school or comparable legal authority in another state verified by affidavit; or

(b)

The applicant has completed at least three hundred hours of training in massage therapy during the past three years; or

(c)

The applicant has practiced for at least ten hours per week for five years verified by affidavit and at least one additional form of documentation including, but not limited to tax returns, gross tax receipts, business advertising literature or monthly client receipts; or

(d)

The applicant has successfully passed a nationally recognized certification examination provided by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork.

(Ord. No. 50-248 § 9, 4-26-16)