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<br /> City of Mounds View <br /> <br />514.01 514.01 <br /> <br /> <br /> CHAPTER 514 <br /> <br /> THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE <br /> <br /> <br />SECTION: <br /> <br />514.01: Findings <br />514.02: Definitions <br />514.03: License Required <br />514.04: Exemptions <br />514.05: General Rule <br />514.06: License Application <br />514.07: Application and Investigation Fees <br />514.08: Application Verification and Consideration <br />514.09: Persons Ineligible for License <br />514.10: Locations Ineligible for Therapeutic Massage Enterprise License <br />514.11: General License Restrictions <br />514.12: Restrictions Regarding Sanitation and Health <br />514.13: License Term: Renewals <br />514.14: Suspension: Revocation <br />514.15: Temporary Therapist License <br />514.16: Hours of Operation <br />514.17: Violations and Penalties <br /> <br /> <br />514.01: FINDINGS. It is found and determined that: <br /> <br /> a. Persons who have recognized and standardized training in therapeutic massage, health and <br />hygiene provide a legitimate and necessary service to the general public; <br /> <br /> b. Health and sanitation regulations governing therapeutic massage enterprises and massage <br />therapists will minimize the risk of the spread of communicable diseases and promote health <br />and sanitation; <br /> <br /> c. License qualifications for therapeutic massage enterprises and massage therapists will <br />minimize the risk that such businesses and persons may facilitate prostitution and other <br />criminal activity in the city; and <br /> <br /> d. Massage services provided by persons without recognized and standardized training in <br />massage can endanger citizens by facilitating the spread of communicable diseases, by <br />exposing citizens to unhealthy and unsanitary conditions, and by increasing the risk of <br />personal injury.