Massage & Massage Parlors Regulations Ordinance 08/04/752[ ?1':
ORDINANCE
OF
THE COUNTY OF HARNETT
TITLE: AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE BUSINESS OF MASSAGE AND MASSAGE PARLORS
1. Definitions. (a) "Massagist" (either male or female). One who
offers to massage another for a salary or fee.
(b) "Massage parlor." Any place of business where massagists
are employed to offer massage for a salary or fee,.
2. Licensed health professionals excluded. Licensed health pro-
fessionals acting in the ordinary course of their profession are neither
" massagists" as defined in paragraph 1(a) nor owners of "massage parlors"
as defined in paragraph 1(b).
3. License required. A person may not (a) work as a massagist or
(b) operate a massage parlor unless licensed.
4. Issuing of licenses, fee required. The Sheriff shall issue a
license to any eligible person who pays an annual fee of $50.00 (Fifty
Dollars)for a massagist's license or of $500.00 (FIVE HUNDRED Dollars) for
I a massage parlor license. Such licenses shall be valid for one year only
and must be renewed annually.
5. Persons ineligible for licenses. The following persons may
not be licensed to work as a massagist or to hold a massage parlor license:
(a) A person who has been convicted of a crime involving
sexual misconduct including but not limited to those covered by G. S.
14; Article 26 (Offenses Against Public Morality and Decency) and G. S.
14, Article 26 (Prostitution).
(b) A person under 18.
(c) A person convicted of violating this ordinance.
6. Posting required. (a) The Sheriff shall provide a copy of
this ordinance for posting'to each massage parlor licensee upon licensing.
(b) Each massage parlor licensee shall display in a prominent
place the license issued pursuant to this ordinance together with a copy
of this ordinance.
(c) Each massagist shall post his license in his work area.
7. Fingerprinting, required. An applicant for a license shall
submit to fingerprinting. The fingerprints may be sent to the S.B.I.,
F.H.I., or other appropriate law enforcement agencies.
B. Prohibitions and limitations. (a) Minimum Age. (1) No
person in the business of massage may massage a person under 18 except
under the direction of or by order of a licensed health professional.
(2) No person may employ one under 18 to work as a massagist.
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(b) Limitation on hours of operation. Massage parlors may '
operate only between the hours of 8 o'clock a.m. and 10 o'clock p.m.
(c) Limitation on scope of massage. No massagist may in the'
course of business massage the penis, scrotum, mons veneris, vulva, or
vaginal area of another.
(d) Inducement to violate ordinances or provisions of
General Statutes relating to sexual misconduct. No person may induce a
licensee or employee or agent thereof to violate this ordinance or any
provision of the General Statutes of North Carolina pertaining to
sexual misconduct including but not limited to that covered by G.S. 14,
Article 26 (Offenses Against Public Morality and Decency), and G.S. 14,
Article 27 (Prostitution).
(e) Licensee required to supervise. Massage parlor licensees
shall supervise the conduct of massagists in their employ. Failure to
suppress illegal activity is grounds for revocation of a license.
9. Massage parlors subject to inspection. The Sheriff or any
member of his department may inspect massage business premises during the
hours that they are open for business. '
10. Revocation. (a) The Sheriff shall revoke the license of
any licensee who has violated this ordinance.
9b) Such revocation may be made only after written notice of
the grounds for revocation has been given to the licensee and he has had
an opportunity to answer the charges.
11. Violation a Misdemeanor. Violation of this ordinance is
punishable by a fine of not more than $50.00 (Fifty Dollars) or imprisonment
for not more than 30 (thirty) days.
12. Injunctive relief available. This ordinance may be enforced
by any appropriate equitable remedy as authorized by G. S. 153A -123.
Enacted August 4, 1975. C(){J`7TY OF RNETT
By: G
BoM y W. Etheridge, C rman
ATTEST:
L,�d
C erc to t e Boar