A. “License” means the business license to operate a massage establishment as required by this chapter.

B. “Massage” means any method of pressure on, or friction against, or stroking, kneading, rubbing, tapping, pounding, vibrating, or stimulating the external parts of the human body with the hands or with the aid of any mechanical electrical apparatus, or other appliances or devices, with or without such supplementary aids as rubbing alcohol, liniment, antiseptic, oil, powder, cream, lotion, ointment or other similar preparations.

C. “Massage establishment” means any establishment having a fixed place of business where any individual, firm, association, partnership, corporation, joint venture, or combination of individuals engages in, conducts, carries on or permits to be engaged in, conducted or carried on, massages, baths, or health treatment involving massage or baths as the principal functions. Massage establishment also means and includes any school or institution of learning, which teaches the theory, ethics, practice, profession or work of massage, including, but not limited to, a “recognized school of massage” as defined in subsection H of this section.

D. “Massage technician” means any person who administers massages, baths, or health treatments involving massages or baths as a principal function to another person for any consideration whatsoever or under such circumstances that it is reasonably expected that the person to whom the treatment is provided, or some third person on his or her behalf, will pay money or give any other consideration of gratuity therefor.

E. “Outcall massage” means the engaging in or carrying on of massage for any consideration at a location other than a massage establishment, which location is designated by a person to whom a permit or license has been issued pursuant to this chapter, or by the customer or client, or by any other person.

F. “Permit” means the permit to engage in the activities of a massage technician as required by this chapter.

G. “Person” means any individual, firm, association, partnership, corporation, joint venture, or combination of individuals.

H. “Recognized school of massage” means any school or institution of learning which teaches the theory, ethics, practice, profession or work of massage, which school or institution of learning requires a residence course study of not fewer than two hundred hours, at least one hundred of which must be class hours completed within a consecutive four-month period and the remainder, if any, must be actual massage hours supervised by a certified massage instructor completed within a consecutive twelve-month period; provided, that the entire study program must be completed within an eighteen-month period before the student shall be furnished with a diploma or certificate of graduation from such school or institution of learning following the successful completion of such course of study or learning, and which school -has-been approved pursuant to California Education Code Section 94300 et seq., or if the school is not located in California, has complied with standards commensurate with those required in said Section 94300 et seq. Any school or institution of learning offering or allowing correspondence course credit not requiring actual attendance at class, of courses of a massage technician not approved by the California State Department of Education, shall not be deemed a “recognized school of massage.” (Ord. 1002 § 1 (part), 1984: prior code § 4901)