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CITY OF LITTLE CANADA <br />RAMSEY COUNTY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />ORDINANCE NO. 921 <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTERS 2202 AND 2203, MASSAGE AND <br />COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CARE PRACTICES, OF THE LITTLE <br />CANADA CITY CODE TO REGULATE NON-MASSAGE TOUCH-BASED COMPLEMENTARY <br />AND ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CARE PRACTICES. <br /> <br /> <br />The Little Canada City Council, Ramsey County, Minnesota does hereby ordain: <br /> <br />SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Little Canada hereby repeals Chapter 2202 of the Little <br />Canada Municipal Code in its entirety. <br /> <br />SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of Little Canada hereby enacts Chapter 2202 of the Little <br />Canada Municipal Code by adding the underlined material as follows: <br /> <br />2202. MASSAGE THERAPY AND COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE HEALTH <br />CARE PRACTICES AS AN ACCESSORY USE. <br /> <br />2202.005 PURPOSE <br />The purpose of this Section is to regulate massage and other complementary and alternative <br />health care practices when conducted as an accessory use to another principal business or <br />institution. These regulations are intended to protect public health, safety, and welfare; safeguard <br />client safety and privacy; prevent illicit or non-therapeutic activities; and ensure that such <br />services are provided in a safe, sanitary, and professional environment consistent with legitimate <br />therapeutic objectives. <br /> <br />2202.010. DEFINITIONS. <br /> <br />1. The term "massage therapy" means the rubbing, stroking, kneading, tapping or rolling of <br />the body with the hands or other parts of the body for the exclusive purposes of relaxation, physical <br />fitness, or beautification and for no other purposes. <br /> <br />The practice of massage therapy is hereby declared to be distinct from the licensed <br />practice of medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic, physical therapy, podiatry, and nursing, as well as <br />wellness programs sponsored by the management of senior housing complexes and the professions of <br />athletic coaching and training. Persons engaged in those professions are exempt from the provisions of <br />this ordinance. <br /> <br />2. The term "massage therapist" means a person who practices massage therapy. <br /> <br />3. "Massage Therapy Establishment" shall mean any room or rooms wherein a person may <br />receive a massage from a "massage therapist" for a fee. <br /> <br />4. "Sanitary" shall mean free from the vegetative cells of pathogenic-micro-organisms. <br />