HomeMy WebLinkAbout05838ORDINANCE NO. 5838
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 54 OF CHAPTER 3
OF TITLE XI OF THE 1971 CODE OF ORDINANCES
OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO RELATING TO MASSAGE
PARLORS AND PROVIDING EXEMPTIONS FOR
MASSAGE THERAPISTS
WHEREAS, the State legislature enacted Senate Bill 90 -37 to
exclude massage therapists from the licensing requirements of the
Colorado Massage Parlor Code, and
WHEREAS, the Colorado Massage Parlor Code is intended to be
applied statewide, and
WHEREAS, it would be in the best interest of the City to
conform the applicability of the City's massage parlor ordinance
with the provisions of the Colorado Massage Parlor Code, NOW
THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that:
SECTION 1.
Section 54 of Chapter 3 of Title XI of the 1971 Code of
Ordinances which exempts certain persons from obtaining massagists
licenses is hereby amended by the addition of the following new
subsection:
(f) A massage therapist who performs massage therapy in an
office or facility which is operated for the purpose of
massage therapy. "Massage therapist" means a person who has
graduated from a massage therapy school accredited by the
state educational board or division charged with the
responsibility of approving private occupational schools, or
from a school with comparable approval or accreditation from
another state with transcripts indicating completion of at
least five hundred hours of training in massage therapy.
For the purposes of this subsection (f), a massage therapy
school may include an equivalency program approved by the
state educational board or division charged with the
responsibility of approving private occupational schools.
SECTION 2.
This Ordinance shall become effective upon final passage.
CiVy Clerk
INTRODUCED November 8 , 1993.
By MICHAEL OCCHIATO
Councilperson
APP OVED:
Pre si ent of th City Council
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