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Legislation Details
File #:
Version:
3
180757
Name:
Health Code - Massage Practitioner and Business
Permits
Status:
Type:
Ordinance
Passed
File created:
In control:
7/17/2018
Clerk of the Board
On agenda:
Final action:
11/20/2018
Enactment date:
11/20/2018
272-18
Enactment #:
Title:
Ordinance amending the Health Code to comprehensively revise the regulation of massage
practitioners, massage establishments, massage outcall services, and sole practitioner massage
establishments by, among other things: 1) authorizing the Director of Health (“Director”) to access
local, state, and federal criminal history information of permit applicants and permit holders; 2)
eliminating temporary massage practitioner permits; 3) clarifying the administrative process by which
permit applicants and permit holders may appeal a decision to deny, suspend, or revoke a permit; 4)
adding or revising massage establishment operating standards relating to vermin, employee areas,
locked doors, residential use, and advertising; 5) prohibiting a massage business from operating a
massage school on the same premises as a massage establishment; 6) establishing a massage
establishment reinspection fee of $191 per hour; 7) updating administrative and permit penalties; 8)
authorizing the imposition of a lien on a property that has contributed to a violation of Article 29 of the
Health Code (“Article 29”) to collect unpaid administrative penalties, enforcement costs, fines, interest,
and attorneys’ fees; 9) authorizing the City Attorney to institute civil proceedings for injunctive and
monetary relief for violations of Article 29; 10) declaring violations of select provisions of Article 29 to
be public nuisances; and 11) discontinuing the acceptance of applications for massage practitioner
permits effective January 1, 2019.
Sponsors:
Katy Tang, Norman Yee, Ahsha Safai
Attachments:
1. Leg Ver1, 2. Leg Dig Ver1, 3. Referral SBC 080718, 4. Referral FYI 080718, 5. Hearing Notice
101518, 6. Comm Pkt 101518, 7. Leg Ver2, 8. Leg Dig Ver2, 9. Board Pkt 102318, 10. Board Pkt
103018, 11. Leg Ver3, 12. Leg Dig Ver3, 13. Board Pkt 111318, 14. Leg Final
Action By
Date
Action
Result
Ver.
ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE
President
7/17/2018
1
REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
Clerk of the Board
8/7/2018
1
NOTICED
Clerk of the Board
10/5/2018
1
NOTICED
Clerk of the Board
10/11/2018
1
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE
WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE
Land Use and Transportation
Committee
10/15/2018
1
Pass
RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED
Land Use and Transportation
Committee
10/15/2018
2
Pass
CONTINUED ON FIRST READING
Board of Supervisors
10/23/2018
2
Pass
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE
WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE
Board of Supervisors
10/30/2018
2
Pass
PASSED ON FIRST READING AS
AMENDED
Board of Supervisors
10/30/2018
3
Pass
FINALLY PASSED
Board of Supervisors
11/13/2018
3
Pass
APPROVED
Mayor
11/20/2018
3