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<br />massage therapist.
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<br /> Massage Therapist: A person who practices or administers therapeutic massage services.
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<br /> Premises: The physical location(s) identified by the applicant where therapeutic massage
<br />services are to be administered, excluding hospitals, sanatoriums, rest homes, nursing homes,
<br />boarding homes, or other institutions for the hospitalization or care of human beings, duly licensed
<br />under the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, Sections 144.50 through 144.69, and also excluding
<br />locations where therapeutic massages services are only sporadically administered, such as the
<br />homes of therapeutic massage clients. The home of a massage therapist where therapeutic massage
<br />services are regularly administered constitutes a licensed premises.
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<br /> Therapeutic Massage Business: Operation of a business that employs and/or contracts
<br />with massage therapists to administer therapeutic massage services for a fee, including self-
<br />employed massage therapists, and other than a hospital, sanatorium, rest home, nursing home,
<br />boarding home, or other institution for the hospitalization or care of human beings, duly licensed
<br />under the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, Sections 144.50 through 144.69, whether or not the
<br />therapeutic massage services are rendered at the licensed premises. This does not include
<br />massage therapists working under the supervision of a licensed medical practitioner.
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<br /> Therapeutic Massage Services: The rubbing, stroking, kneading, tapping, or rolling of the
<br />body of another with the hands or objects for the exclusive purpose of physical fitness,
<br />relaxation, or beautification, and for no other purpose, including specified sexual activities
<br />defined in section 615.02 of this title.
<br /> 616.03 LICENSE REQUIRED.
<br /> Except as provided for by Minnesota Statutes, Section 471.709, no individual shall
<br />practice, administer or provide therapeutic massage services to the public, and no corporation,
<br />partnership, other business or individual shall engage in the business of operating a therapeutic
<br />massage business as defined in Section 616.02 of this chapter, either exclusively or in connection
<br />with any other business enterprise, without first obtaining a license issued by the city.
<br /> 616.04 APPLICATION FOR LICENSE; LICENSE FEE
<br /> (1) Application. An application form for a massage therapist or therapeutic massage
<br />business license shall be made available by the City Clerk. In addition to the general licensing
<br />application requirements included in Section 601.02 of this Code, each written application for a
<br />massage therapist or therapeutic massage business license shall contain the following:
<br /> (a) If the application is made on behalf of a corporation, partnership, or other
<br />business, it shall be accompanied by appropriate business records showing the names and
<br />addresses of all individuals having a pecuniary interest in the business and, in the case of a
<br />corporation, the names and addresses of the officers and shareholders.
<br /> (b) If the applicant intends to utilize a Premises to provide therapeutic massage
<br />services, applicant shall furnish to the city the address of the Premises and the city zoning
<br />designation for the Premises, as well as the applicant’s interest in the Premises, such as a lease,
<br />deed, or contract for deed. If the application is by a natural person, it shall be signed and sworn
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