[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Mount
Oliver 4-18-1977 as Ord. No. 653. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
The application to the human body by the hands or mechanical apparatus,
any touching, stroking, friction, kneading, vibration, percussion, oil alcohol
rubs, mechanotherapy, hot or cold packs, heat, cold, salt glows cabinet, tub,
shower, sitz, sauna, vapor, steam or any other special type of bath.
Any establishment which offers services in the form of body massage,
baths, exercises or similar services in combination to club members or to
the public for a charge, fee or donations; but shall exclude hospitals, nursing
homes, medical clinics and the office or quarters of licensed health profession
practitioners.
Any masseur (male) and masseuse (female) who administers body massage
to any other person for a charge, fee or donation; but shall exclude persons
licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to practice medicine, chiropractic,
osteopathy, podiatry, nursing and physical therapy and barbers, beauticians
and manicurists insofar as they deal with the head, hands and feet.
Includes a firm, partnership, association of persons, corporation,
organization or any other group acting as a unit.
No health club or massage technician may operate or practice within
the Borough of Mount Oliver without a license to operate or practice upon
proper application to the Borough Secretary and the fulfillment of the requirements
set forth herein, and payment of a fee as set forth by the Borough Council
per annum for the license and inspections and for each massage technician.
Licenses granted under this chapter shall be renewed yearly and may be revoked
for any failure to comply with this chapter.
No health club shall be granted a license to operate until the fulfillment
of the following:
B.
An application for a license shall include the names
of all owners, stockholders and managing personnel, their addresses, occupations
and satisfactory proof that they have not been convicted of any violation
of laws prohibiting prostitution, obscenity, indecency or pornography.
C.
Plans and specifications of the quarters proposed to
be occupied shall be submitted to the Borough Secretary, which shall include
details of entrances, partitions, windows, openings, ventilation, plumbing
fixtures, water supply waste and vent connections. Such quarters must be equipped
with separate toilet and lavatory facilities for patrons and personnel and
a service sink for custodial services. No part of the quarters may be used
for or connected with any bedroom or sleeping quarters.
D.
All tables, tubs, shower stalls and floors, with the
exception of reception and administrative areas, shall be of nonporous materials
which may be readily disinfected.
E.
Closed containers must be provided for wet towels and
waste materials.
F.
All equipment, shower stalls, toilets, lavatories, tubs,
cabinets and other accouterments of the establishment shall be regularly treated
with disinfectants and shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition
at all times.
G.
As a condition of receiving a license, the owners and
operators of the health club must expressly grant access to health, plumbing,
fire, electrical and other authorized borough inspectors to any part of the
quarters of the health club for purposes of inspection at all reasonable times.
H.
The health club must require and retain on file certificates
of good health issued by a licensed physician for all employees practicing
any services of the health club. Such certificates shall be renewed every
six (6) months.
I.
No health club shall serve any patrons infected with
any fungus or skin infection.
J.
All personnel shall wash his or her hands in hot, running
water using proper soap or disinfectants before giving any service or treatment
to each separate patron.
K.
All towels and tissues and all sheets or other coverings
shall be used singularly for each patron and discarded for laundry or disposal
immediately after use.
L.
Nondisposable tools or equipment shall be disinfected
after use upon one (1) patron.
M.
The applicant must have a valid lease or title to the
quarters which meet the requirements of this chapter.
N.
No body massage shall be provided to the genitals of
the patron.
A.
No person shall be granted a license to practice as a
massage technician without satisfactory proof of the following:
(1)
That the applicant is at least eighteen (18) years of
age.
(2)
That the applicant has never been convicted of prostitution,
obscenity, indecency or related crimes.
(3)
That the applicant has a diploma from a recognized school
of massage having a curriculum approved by the Pennsylvania Department of
Education certifying that he or she has completed four hundred (400) hours
of study in the basic subjects of anatomy, physiology, hygiene, hydrotherapy,
technique of massage, clinical internship, contraindications of massage, physical
and mechanical exercise.
B.
In lieu of Subsection A(3), the applicant can furnish equivalent credentials by way of experience and training of at least one (1) year's duration.
C.
The license shall contain a photograph of the massage
technician and shall be carried on the person of the massage technician or
conspicuously displayed in the health club wherein the massage technician
is employed.
D.
The application for a license shall contain the name,
address, social security number, photograph and fingerprints of the applicant
and should be kept on file in the borough office. Photographing and fingerprinting
shall be done by the Mount Oliver Police Department.
The Borough Secretary may revoke the license of a health club or massage
technician upon satisfactory proof of any of the following:
A.
That the licensee does not meet the licensing requirements
of this chapter.
B.
That the licensee has been convicted of prostitution,
obscenity, indecency, promoting prostitution, keeping or maintaining a disorderly
house or related crimes and offenses.
C.
That the licensee has diagnosed or treated classified
diseases, practiced spinal adjustments or prescribed medicines.
D.
That the licensee is guilty of fraud or willful negligence
in the practice of body massage.
E.
That the licensee is a habitual user of narcotics or
other drugs.
F.
That the licensee has allowed or permitted an unlicensed
person to perform body massage.
G.
That the licensee has provided body massage to the genitals
of any patron.
H.
That the licensee has violated any of the provisions
of this chapter or any laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any laws
of the United States of America. Any violation by an employee of the health
club or by a massage technician shall be considered a violation by the health
club.
A.
No person employed or engaged in the business of a masseur
or masseuse shall massage, offer to massage or solicit to massage a person
of the opposite sex. Each act of massage, each offer to massage and each solicitation
to massage shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as
such hereunder.
B.
No person shall own, operate, manage or have any interest,
direct or indirect, in a place of business where a masseur or masseuse massages,
offers to massage or solicits to massage a person of the opposite sex. Each
day such violation is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute
a separate offense and shall be punishable as such hereunder.
The provisions of § 132-6 of this chapter shall not apply to massage treatments given in:
The owner or manager of any health club operating in the borough as of the effective date of this chapter may apply for and may be granted by the Borough Secretary a grace period not to exceed six (6) months in order to comply with § 132-3C and D. With these exceptions, this chapter becomes effective upon all health clubs and proposed health clubs upon enactment.
This chapter shall be administered by the Borough Secretary or licensing
officer appointed by him. An appeal from the denial of a license or the revocation
of a license shall be filed with the Borough Secretary within fifteen (15)
days of such action, and shall be heard and determined by the Public Safety
Committee of the Borough Council within thirty (30) days of the filing of
the appeal. The applicant or licensee shall be informed in writing five (5)
days prior to the hearing of the reasons for denial or revocation of the license.
Any person who violates this chapter shall be guilty of an offense and
upon conviction thereof shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding one
thousand ($1,000.) dollars or undergo thirty (30) days imprisonment, or both.
In addition, any health club which is found to operate without a current license
shall suffer the immediate revocation of its occupancy permit and shall not
be permitted to operate.
