10210-12 Amending Chapter 2 Addressing Massage Establishments and Massage Therapy

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Ordinance Amending Section 4-35 SBMC Addressing Massage Establishments&Therapy Page 15 (5) Wet and dry heat rooms, steam or vapor rooms or cabinets, shower rooms and compartments, restrooms and pools shall be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected as needed, and at least once each day the premises are open, with a disinfectant approved by the Health Department. Bathtubs shall be thoroughly cleaned with a disinfectant approved by the Health Department after each use. All walls, ceilings, floors and other physical facilities for the establishment must be in good repair and maintained in a clean and sanitary condition. (6) Instruments utilized while performing a massage that come into direct contact with the patron's skin must be sterilized. These instruments must be kept in single-use packages until use and then re-sterilized before use again. Any instrument used during a massage that does not come into direct contact with the skin of the patron must undergo disinfection following its use. Massage table pads must undergo disinfection following their use. All chemical containers shall be stored in cabinets in cabinets reserved solely for that purpose. •- -- - . . -. . - - Massage table pads and reusable table coverings shall be disinfected between each massage with approved chemicals. Chemicals used during massage shall be stored in cabinets reserved solely for such purpose. (7) Massages shall not be given unless patrons are wearing clothing fully covering their genitals and female patrons are in addition wearing clothing fully covering their breasts. Where such clothing is furnished patrons by the massage establishment, it shall not be used by more than one patron unless it has first been laundered and disinfected. Massage technicians Persons performing massage therapy shall be fully clothed from the knee to the neck in clean, light-colored clothing. (8) No persons shall enter,be or remain in any part of a massage establishment while in the possession of, consuming or using any alcoholic beverage or drugs except pursuant to a prescription for such drugs. The owner, operator, responsible managing employee or manager shall not permit any such person to enter or remain upon such premises. (9) Massages shall not be given to patrons who have open sores or other visual signs of contagious or communicable disease. (10) No person in any massage establishment under this section shall place his or her hand upon, tuch with any part of his or her body, fondle in any manner, or massage a sexual and/or genital area of any other person.