a.“California Massage Therapy Council” or “CAMTC” means the California Massage Therapy Council created under California Business and Professions Code Section 4602.

b.“Certified massage practitioner” means a person who is currently certified as a massage practitioner by the CAMTC pursuant to California Business and Professions Code Section 4604.2 and who administers massage for compensation.

c.“Certified massage therapist” means a person who is currently certified as a massage therapist by the CAMTC pursuant to California Business and Professions Code Section 4604 and who administers massage for compensation.

d.“Massage” means the application of various techniques to the soft tissues of the human body as defined in California Business and Professions Code Section 4601(e). Application of massage techniques may include, but is not limited to, any method of pressure or friction, stroking, kneading, rubbing, tapping, stretching, pounding, vibrating, or stimulating the external surfaces of the body with hands or with any object or appliance.

e.“Massage establishment” means a place where certified massage therapists or certified massage practitioners practice massage as provided in California Business and Professions Code Section 4601(f). The following are not considered massage establishments under this section: California state-licensed hospitals, nursing homes, the office of a licensed medical professional, or other state licensed physical or mental health facilities; nor a personal fitness training center, gym, athletic facility or health club, when the administering of massage is an incidental function of the business, constituting ten (10) percent or less of the business.

f.“Outcall massage service” means a business which provides a massage at a location designated by the client or the massage practitioner or therapist, other than a massage establishment.

g.“Owner” means any individual natural person, proprietorship, partnership, firm, association, joint stock company, corporation, organization, limited liability company, trust, or combination of individuals of whatever form or character that owns, has an equity interest in, or shares a percentage of massage therapy proceeds with a massage establishment.

h.“Person” means any individual, firm, association, partnership, corporation, joint venture, limited liability company, or combination of individuals.

i.“Police Chief” means the Police Chief of the City of Monterey or his or her authorized representative(s).

j.“Sexual or genital part” shall include the genitals, pubic area, anus, and perineum of any person and the breasts of any female.

k.“Employee” means any person who renders any service, with or without compensation, for a massage establishment relating to the day-to-day operation of the massage establishment. (Ord. 3674 § 7, 2023; Ord. 3517 § 3, 2015. Formerly 22-31.1)