HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Ordinance 1997-29CITY OF PLYMOUTH
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE 97- 29
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER XI, SECTION 1135
THE PLYMOUTH CITY CODE CONCERNING
MASSAGE THERAPY
THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Section 1135.07, subparagraph (e) of the Plymouth City Code is amended to read:
(e) Evidence of the applicant's educational qualifications, including originals or certified
copies of degrees, diplomas or curriculum from a bona fide school of massage therapy,
for massage therapy certification. The address and phone number of the bona fide school
of massage therapy are required.
Massage Therapy Certificates. Applicants shall be required to provide proof (1) they
graduated with a minimum of 500 hours training from a bona fide massage therapy
school or (2) show proof that the applicant has successfully passed the National
Certification Examination for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork and can prove by
affidavit they have practiced massage therapy for the past one year and have not had any
criminal convictions as a result of practicing massage therapy. A temporary two one year
certificate shall be granted, in order to allow time to complete educational requirements
while practicing, to those persons who (i) make apliea4ie - .;+i i ninety days of the a.,+o
of the adept e of the or -d mane .,depting this Subdivision; (ii) has have a minimum of
4-54D 250 hours of training from an accredited massage therapy school; n;;` can pro i...
affida-vit they have pr-aetieed massage for- the past one yeafra have not had any criminal
convictions as a result of practicing massage; and otherwise meet the requirements listed
in Sections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of this Subdivision. An individual with a temporary one
year certificate shall work directly under the supervision of a fully licensed massage
therapist. This temporary certificate is not renewable.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage.
Adopted by the City Council this 19th day of November , 1997.
,,Jojcqyn K Tierney, Mayor
Attest:
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Ladne F. Ahrens, City Clerk