§ 5-15.10. Exceptions.

The requirements of this chapter do not apply to the following classes of individuals, and no CAMTC certification is required of such persons while engaged in the performance of the duties of their respective professions:

(a)

Any physician, surgeon, chiropractor, osteopath, naturopath, podiatrist, acupuncturist, physical therapist, registered nurse, or vocational nurse duly licensed to practice their respective profession in the State of California.

(b)

Barbers, cosmetologists, estheticians, and manicurists licensed to practice their respective profession under the laws of the State of California while performing activities within the scope of their license, provided that such massage is limited solely to the neck, face, scalp, feet, hands, arms, or lower limbs up to the knee, of their patrons.

(c)

Personal services businesses, such as day spas, salons, beauty parlors, barber shops, or businesses relating to personal services as defined in Section 9-80.020 of the Municipal Code, or medical offices or clinics, that provide up to fifteen (15%) percent of their gross floor area for massage activities are not considered massage establishments. However, persons administering massages at such businesses shall comply with all state and local licensing provisions including registration.

(d)

State-licensed hospitals, nursing homes, and other state-licensed physical or mental health facilities and their employees.

(e)

Any treatment administered in good faith in the course of the practice of any healing art or profession by any person licensed to practice any such art or profession under the California Business and Professions Code or any other law of the state.

(f)

Registered schools and their employees that provide massage therapy education or training and their students in training, provided that such students perform massage only under the direct personal supervision of an instructor.

(g)

Establishments that have no private treatment rooms where all services are performed in a singular, open room, visible to the public.

(h)

Trainers of amateur, semiprofessional, or professional athletes or athletic teams while engaging in their training responsibilities for and with athletes, and trainers working in conjunction with a specific athletic event such as road races, track meets, triathlons, biathlons, or similar single occurrence athletic or recreational events.

(§ 2 (Exh. A), Ord. No. 1287, eff. April 5, 2018)