(1) Licenses.

(a) No person shall operate any premises used in the massage business unless he has obtained a premises license for each establishment from the Department of Licenses and Inspections.

(b) No person shall engage in the business of, or be employed as, a masseur or masseuse unless he has obtained an operator’s license from the Department of Licenses and Inspections.

(2) Information. Each applicant for a premises license or an operator’s license shall set forth on forms provided by the Department:

(a) the name and address of the applicant and former addresses for a period of three years;

(b) a physical description of the premises used in the massage business if the applicant desires a premises license;
(c) a statement of past employers for three years if the applicant desires an operator’s license;

(d) such other information that the Department may require.

(3) Fee. The applicant for a licensed establishment shall pay an annual license fee of $70.00. The applicant for an operator’s license shall pay an annual license fee of $40.00.^[554]

(4) Prohibited Conduct. No person employed or engaged in the business of a masseur or masseuse shall treat a person of the opposite sex.

(5) Exemptions. The provisions of this ordinance shall not apply to massage treatments given

(a) in the office of a licensed physician, osteopath, chiropractor, or a physical therapist;

(b) in a regularly established medical center, hospital, or sanitarium;

(c) in a residence of a person under doctor’s care by the direction of the doctor;

(d) upon the order of a licensed physician, osteopath, chiropractor, or physical therapist.