§ 11-11. Massage and bath technicians; permits and health requirements.

All persons who desire to perform the services of a massage or bath technician at a massage parlor, massage school or bathhouse shall:

(1)

Make application therefor to the occupational license department of the City of Cocoa Beach on forms prescribed by that department. Each massage or bath technician permit application shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) in cash or certified or cashier's check or money order payable to the City of Cocoa Beach, Florida. In addition to any other information which may be required by the licensing department, the following shall accompany each application:

(a)

Written proof that the applicant is at least eighteen (18) years of age;

(b)

Proof of graduation from a recognized school as defined in section 11-5(12);

(c)

Copy of Brevard County health certificate issued within the thirty (30) days immediately preceding the date of application;

(d)

Sworn notarized affidavit stating the applicant's full history of any criminal convictions excluding misdemeanor traffic violations;

(e)

Two (2) front face portrait photographs of the applicant, at least two (2) inches by two (2) inches, taken within thirty (30) the days preceding the date of application;

(f)

Regarding massage technicians, proof that applicant has a valid, nonsuspended license, or other written authority to practice, from the State of Florida.

(2)

As an alternative to section 11-12(1)(c), all persons who desire to perform the services of massage or bath technician at a massage parlor, massage school, or bathhouse, as applicable, shall first undergo a physical examination for contagious and communicable diseases, which shall include a recognized blood test for syphilis, a culture for gonorrhea, a chest x-ray which is to be made and interpreted by a trained radiologist acceptable to the Brevard County Health Department, and such other laboratory tests, done in a laboratory acceptable to the Brevard County Health Department, as may be necessitated by the above examination, and shall, in accordance with this section, furnish to the city licensing department a certificate based upon and issued within thirty (30) days of such examination, signed by a physician duly licensed by the State of Florida and stating that the person examined is either free from any contagious or communicable disease or incapable of communicating any of such diseases to others.

(3)

If the chief licensing inspector be fully satisfied that the massage or bath technician application is in conformity with the provisions of this chapter he shall, unless prohibited by section 11-17 of this chapter, issue, within thirty (30) days of the date of application therefor, a permit authorizing the practice, by the massage or bath technician, of his or her services within the corporate limits of the City of Cocoa Beach. Each permit issued pursuant to this chapter shall terminate, at the maximum upon the expiration of one year from the date of its issuance unless sooner suspended.

No massage parlor, massage school, or bathhouse granted a permit under the provisions of this chapter shall place, publish, or distribute or cause to be placed, published, or distributed any advertising matter that depicts any portion of the human body that would reasonably suggest to prospective patrons that any service is available other than those services as described in sections 11-5(1) or 11-5(6) of this chapter, or that employees or massage or bath technicians are dressed in any manner other than described in section 11-10(10) of this chapter, nor shall any massage parlor, massage school, or bathhouse indicate on the text of such advertising that any service is available other than those services described in section 11-5(1) or 11-5(6).

(Ord. No. 522, § 1, 3-17-1977)