5.53.030 Exemptions.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to:
A. Authorized health care practitioners or their employees;
B. Massages given in a private residence when no fee, compensation, or any other consideration is charged or paid, directly or indirectly, for such services;
C. Massage treatments given in a private residence by a massage practitioner who is administering such treatments pursuant to a written prescription from an authorized health care practitioner;
D. Athletic coaches or trainers giving massages while affiliated with public or private educational institutions or athletic organizations;
E. Students enrolled in schools of massage performing therein such practices of massage as are incidental to their course of study;
F. Massage treatments given in any licensed hospital, licensed nursing or convalescent home; or
G. Licensed beauty operators and barbers who perform only such acts of massage as are customarily given in beauty salons and barber shops for purposes of beautification only. (Ord. 3343 § 1 (Exh. A), 2019; Ord. 3253 § 2 (Exh. B), 2017; Ord. 1833 § 4, 1991)