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ORDINANCE No. 1755
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME AMENDING
CHAPTER 6.40 TO ALLOW LOWER THRESHOLDS OF TRAINING FOR
MASSAGE PRACTITIONER PERMITS
The City Council of the City of Burlingame ordains as follows:
Section 1. Ordinance No. 1750 redrafted the massage regulations in the City. One of
the difficulties posed by the lack of State regulation is that the basic qualification standards are
often difficult to meet and administer. This ordinance is intended to better phase-in the
training requirements over a four-year period, so that by the end of 2009, the national standard
of 500 hours of training will be required in the City.
Section 2. Subsection 6.40.040(m) is amended to read as follows:
(m) A copy of a diploma or certificate of graduation from a recognized school
demonstrating the applicant's successful completion of a resident course of study of theory,
ethics, practice, methods, profession, or work of massage, or baths or health practice with
relation thereto of the following minimum hours:
(1)
Two hundred (200) hours;
(2)
As
of October
1,
2006,
two hundred seventy-five (275) hours;
(3)
As
of October
1,
2007,
three hundred fifty (350) hours;
(4)
As
of October
1,
2008,
four hundred twenty-five (425) hours; and
(5)
As
of October
1,
2009,
five hundred (500) hours;
provided, however, that an applicant for an operator's permit who will have no physical
contact with customers or clients need not possess such a diploma or certifi
cate;
Section 3. Section 6.40.160 is amended to read as follows:
6.40.160 Renewal of permits.
Each permit shall
be renewed annually, no less than ninety (90) days prior to the
anniversary date of its issuance. Any permit not renewed shall be null and void on such
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anniversary date. The investigation fee for renewals shall be one hundred dollars ($100), no
part of which is refundable. Additional fees may be charged to cover costs such as processing
fingerprints. Prior to permit renewal being granted the permittee shall:
(1) Provide two photographs of passport size at least two inches by two inches showing
the head and shoulders of the applicant in a clear and distinct manner taken with the sixty (60)
days immediately prior to filing the renewal application and current information concerning any
changes to the facts set forth in the initial or immediately prior renewal application;
(2) Obtain a new certificate, dated within thirty (30) days of the renewal, from a medical
doctor stating that the licensee is free from infectious, contagious or communicable diseases
capable of being transmitted through therapeutic massage;
(3) Obtain clearance from the police department that the permittee has had no arrests or
convictions fox violations listed in subsection 6.40.080(a)(3) or (4) above since the permit was
issued or last renewed.
(4) Provide a copy of a diploma or certificate of graduation from a recognized school
demonstrating the applican
t's successful completion of a course of study that satisfies the then -
current requirements of subsection 6.40.040(m) above. However, this requirement does not
apply if the original permit was approved March 22, 2005.
Upon complete submission of this information together with the required filing fee, the permit
shall be renewed.
Secfion 4. Section 3 of Ordinance No. 1750 is amended to provide as follows:
The provisions of Section 6.40.040(m) contained in this ordinance shall apply as
follows until October 1, 2005:
(a) Any person who can
demonstrate to the satisfaction of the chief of police that the
person has been practicing massage in the City of Burlingame for a continuous period of six (6)
months before March 1, 2005, under the exemptions contained in Section 6.40.050 as it existed
on February 1, 2005, need only provide proof that the person has successfully completed
seventy (70) hours of training in a Recognized School in order to be granted a conditional
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massage technician's permit under chapter 6.40. As a condition of such a permit, the person
shall be required to have completed a total of two hundred seventy-five (275) hours of training
at a Recognized School or Schools within twelve (12) months of the date of issuance of the
conditional permit.
(b) This conditional permit process shall not apply to any permit application received
after October 1, 2005.
(c) The
requirements
of section 6.40.040(m)
shall not apply retroactively to any massage
permit that was
approved by
the City of Burlingame
before March 22, 2005.
Section 5. This ordinance shall be published as required bylaw.
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Mayor
1, DORIS MORTENSEN, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that
the foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 6"'
day of June, 2005, and adopted thereafter at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the
20' day of June, 2005, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BAYLOCK, COFFEY, GALLIGAN, O'MAHONY
NOES: COLJNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NAGEL
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