HomeMy WebLinkAbout0521 Massage Therapist Requirements 1999CITY OF CHUBBUCK, IDAHO
ORDINANCE NO. 521
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHUBBUCK, IDAHO, AMENDING
SECTION 5.28.020 TO SET FORTH THE REQUIREMENTS TO BE A
MESSAGE THERAPIST, INCLUDING SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF A
COURSE OF TRAINING, COMPLETION OF A MINIMUM OF THREE
HUNDRED (300) HOURS OF TRAINING, MINIMUM PROFESSIONAL
MISCONDUCT INSURANCE OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
($100,000), AND DISPLAY OF A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION OF
COURSE TRAINING; REPEALING PRIOR CONFLICTING ORDINANCES;
PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
ORDINANCE; PROVIDING THAT ALL OTHER SECTIONS AND
PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 5.28 NOT HEREIN AMENDED SHALL
REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT; AND PROVIDING WHEN THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHUBBUCK, IDAHO:
Section 1. Amended Section 5.28.020 Section 5.28.020 is amended as follows:
5.28.020 License and training required.
A. No person shall practice massage or massage therapy or engage in, operate, conduct
or carry on, or maintain in or upon, or to permit to be engaged in, operated, conducted or carried
on, or maintained in or upon, any premises in the city, the operation of a massage establishment as
herein defined without being at least eighteen years old and first having obtained an occupational
license issued under Chapter 5.04.
B. In addition to the foregoing and as a condition for obtaining an occupational license to
practice massage therapy in the City, a massage therapist shall meet the following requirements:
1. Successfully complete a course of training at a massage therapy school that is
either approved or certified by the State of Idaho.
2. Have completed a minimum of three hundred (300) hours of training in massage
therapy.
3. Have in force at all times an insurance for professional misconduct (commonly
known as malpractice insurance) with a minimum liability limit of not less than one
hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). Proof of insurance shall be provided to the City
upon application for an occupational license and shall be provided at any time by request
of the City or when requested by official.
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4. The certificate of completion of course training shall be displayed in a conspicuous
place at the place of business at all times.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Section 1. Repeal of Conflicting Ordinances. The provisions of any Ordinance of the City
of Chubbuck, Idaho, and any provision of the Chubbuck Municipal Code which are in conflict
with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. All other
sections and provisions of Chapter 5.28 not herein amended shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 2. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance is held invalid, for any reason,
by any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity or enforceability
of any of the remaining provisions.
Section 3. Effective Date. The rule requiring an ordinance to be read on three separate
days, one of which shall be a reading in full, is hereby dispensed with, and this Ordinance shall
become effective upon its passage, approval and publication as provided by law.
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL AND APPROVED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY
OF CHUBBUCK, IDAHO, this 11tKiay of November , 1999.
#AYOR
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK
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