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December 12, 1966Ordinance Book 14 - Page 454ORDINANCE NO.570AMENDING CHAPTER 6I AN ORDINANCE LICEI.JSING AND REGULA TING MASSAGE PARLORS,HEALTH SALONS AND SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENTS. -BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Charlotte, North Carolina:Section I.Chapter 6 of the Code of the City of Charlotte is hereby amende'dby idding a new article, to be designated Article V, as follows:"ARTICLE V.Sec'. 6-45.MASSEURS, MASSAGE PARLORS, HEALTH SALONSPurpose of article.To protect the general health, safety, welfare and morals, the followinglicensing provisions hereinafter specified are ordained for the privilege of carrying on the business, trade or profession of masseur or masseuse and for theoperation or carrying on of the businesses, trades or professions commonly knownas assage parlors, health salons, physical culture studios, clubs or establish,me ts, or similar establishments wherein physical culture, massage, hydrotherapy or other physical treatment of the human body is carried on or practiced.Th'l provisions of this article shall-not apply to a regularly established and licensedhospital, sanitarium, nursing horne or medical clinic, nor to the office or clinicopefr'ated by a duly qualified and licensed medical practitioner in connection withhis Ipractice of medicine, provided, however, that such office or clinic is regularlyuser- by such medical practitioner as his principal location for his practice ofmedicine; nor shall the provisions of this article apply to health club activities loftheiYoung Men's Christian Association or the Young Women's ChristianAssoci tion; nor shall the provisions of this article apply to duly licensed barber shoplsand beauty shopsSec. 6-46.Application for license.Any person desiring to engage in the business, trade or profession of masseuror :/nasseuse or the operation or carrying on of any of the businesse.s,. trade s,pro essions, occupations or callings mentioned in Section 6-45 shall, before engagingiin such business, trade, profession, occupation or calling, file an applicatif nforla license addressed to the mayor and the city council. Such application shallbe in writing and shall set forth the following;(a)Name and address of applicant;(b)Name and address of any person having previously employed theapplicant for a period of two years or longer;(c)If such applicant be a corporation, the address or addresses of suchcorporation as well as the name s and addresses of the agents andemployees of such corporation for a period of two years immediatelyprior to the filing of such application;(d)Qualifications must be plainly stated and must be submitted togetherwith required exhibits annexed to said application;(e)A certificate as to the good moral charik. :t!O :r:;o,i;.tb.e applicant, signedby three currently qualified and registere liv ·of the city, Suchletters shall not be required for annual renewals of licenses issue j.hereunder.(f)Should the applicant be a cOr'?oration, such corporation shall alsqsubmit with said application a certificate, exe cuted as des cribe.d 'i,l;lsubsection (e) above, as to the good moral character of and agents of said corporation who are actually enga m-such bw;i'ne:ssfor said corporation.

December 12, 1966Ordinance Book 14 - Page 455-2-Sec. 6-47.Qualifications of applicant for license . An applicant hereunder, prior to making application for a license, must havethe following qualification:(a)The applicant may be male or female and must be of good moralcharacter, and in case the applicant is a corporation, such corporationmust be created in or domesticated by the laws of this state.(b)Such applicant must furnish a health certificate of a medical doctorwhich shall accompany such application as an exhibit. Should theapplicant be a corporation. it shall furnish such certificate to coverits agents or employees who will be actually engaged and working undel;said license; provided further, that employees who begin work following the original issuance of license under this article shall likewiseobtain such health certificates, which certificates shall be furnishedto the city police department.(c)Such applicant must furnish a photostatic copy of a diploma of graduation from a school as an exhibit with said application. Such diplomamust be representative of the fact that such applicant attended a courselof study of not less than six months, wherein such coul'se of studyconsisted of a curriculum of physical culture, massage, hydrotherapy,electrotherapy, hygiene, health service management and other suchsubjl'cts " . If such appli ;:ant should be, a corporation, then the employeeor agent of the corporation, who isto be the manager of the establishIrlKnt, must fUl;nish a photostatic copy of a, diplocma of g:t;.aqu, ;-tioIl, a,s .'set forth above .(d)In.the event such applicant should not have. !;uchdip cll:na;, tru,ntheapplicant must have had an. apprenticeship and :practi'c ie'Fp t;i nce:for a period of not less than two yearsill,.a.regularly.li!"ensed massageor physical culture studio in which the applicant has received training'aIlq, experience in,pl)ysical culture, J:llas sage, '. hydrotherapy"elec!rotheraPY, hygil'ne, health service rnallagement, and other sUch, ub"'jec s . If :the applicant should .1:e a c.orporation, and if the agent or·employee who is to be the manager ofsaid es ablishment does,1pt.lla,,:e such. diploma, then such managermust:have had ,the ,apprentice .ship. and practical experi"nce asset forth above . The applicant ,,, or the manager in the event the applicant is acorporation. must furnish with such application an affidavit ofprc:viousemployment, ogether with .an affidavit of the persons ,under wh()m such apprentice ship or practicai experience was obtained,sPeci ying that .the applicant hassatisfieq the.aboverequirements .Sec. 6-48 . lss\lance ·of license .If such, applicatioJ). is: submitted in proper form alld is approved.hy the citycOc1ncil, thenthe collectorrevenue is authorized'to issue a bUsine s license -.'' , , to such applica.l'lt.ofSec. 6-49.c Applicability of other licensing provisions.!'. The general business licensing provisions ascqntaine inChapte)" 11 shallalso apply:to persons or,pa ties,1icensed under this article.Sec. 6-5P".:A,uthority to ernploy,train p.oxso,meI.Any,applicant granted alice sehe'reu der shaHha'''. the authority to,trainmasseur" " ' r ' ,1T.I: s:seuses ., nd";r :thei , s perv siqn in. thei!" st,udio o -est b.lish ment, pl'Clv.it:1ed that the licensee shall furnish to the police department aLthe

December 12, 1966Ordinance Book 14 - Page 456- 3-city, there to be kept by such department, a health certificate of such employeefrdm a medical doctor.Sec. 6-51.Nam.es of em.ployees to be filed with chief of police.It shall be the duty of all persons holding a license hereunder to file withthei chief of police of the city the nam.es of all employees, their hom.e addresses,hOrPe telephone num.bers and places of employm.ent. Changes in the list ofem. loyees with the names of new employees must be filed with the chief of policewit;t in seven days from the date of any such change.Sed. 6-52.Records to be kept by licensee.It shall be the duty of any person granted a license hereunder to m.aintaincorrect and accurate records of the nam.es and addresses of the persons receiviing treatm.ent at said establishm.ent, the type of treatm.ent administered, andthel name of the person of the establishment adm.inistering said treatment. Saidrecords shall be subject to inspection at any time by any m.ember of the policedepartm.ent of the city.Seq. 6-53.Revocation of license.Whenever in the opinion of the chief of police of the city there is good causeto revoke a license acquired hereunder, a written notice of intention to revoke isuqh license shall be furnished the holder thereof by registered or certifiedma,H not less than ten days prior to the date set for hearing before the chief ofpoJ.lice of the city, at which tim.e the holder of the license may appear and behe rd in answer to the com.plaint made by the chief of police. After such hearingl, the chief of police shall report his recommendation to the m.ayor and thecity council who shall thereupon be authorized to revoke such license, if inthe r sound discretion it is in the best interests of the health, safety, welfareor porals of the people of the city.Seq. 6-54.Hours of operation.No masseur or m.asseuse or any person or party engaging in any of thebusinesses licensed by this article shall engage in such business, trade,profession, occupation or calling except within and between the hours of 8:00o'clock A. M. and 10:00 o'clock P. M.; nor shall any operator of a m.assagepador or establishm.ent or business above enum.erated operate the sam.e exceptwit in and between the aforesaid hours. Violations of this section shall beco sidered under this Code as an offense and persons found guilty of suchvio ations shall be punishable within the general limits of punishments as setfor h herein.Sec. 6-55.Treatment of persons of opposite sex.(a) Restricted. It shall be unlawful for any person holding a license underrthis article to treat a person of the opposite sex, except upon the signed order Ma Hcens ed physician, osteopath or registered physical therapist, which ordershall be dated and shall specifically state the num.ber of treatments, not toexqeed ten. The date and hour of each treatlnent given and the nam.e of theop rator shall be entered on such order by the establishment where such treatmer ts are given and shall be subject to inspection by the police at any time.Th requir ements of this section shall not apply to treatm.ents given in theredidence of the patient, the office of a licensed physician, osteopath or regis'tered physical therapist, or in a regularly established and licensed hospital orsanitarium.