5.36.050 Applications for Massage Therapy Establishment License and Massage Therapist License.
(A) An applicant for a massage therapy establishment license or massage therapist license must: file an application with the City, pay a nonrefundable fee, and submit to a state and national criminal history check. Such fee will be established by the governing body by resolution.
(B) An applicant for a license must provide the following information:
(1) Name, telephone number, and address;
(2) Current local address;
(3) Social Security number, weight, height, color of hair and eyes of the applicant;
(4) Current state or federally issued identification which confirms applicant is at least eighteen (18) years old;
(5) Business, occupation, or employment of the applicant for the three (3) years immediately preceding the date of application;
(6) All criminal charges for any of the offenses listed in Section 5.36.080(A)(1)(a) or (c) through (h) against the applicant in any city or state, fully disclosing the place and court where the criminal charge occurred, and the disposition of the criminal charge;
(7) All criminal charges for any of the offenses listed in Section 5.36.080(A)(1)(b) or (i) against the applicant in any city or state within ten (10) years prior to the date of application, fully disclosing the place and court where the criminal charge occurred, and the disposition of the criminal charge;
(8) All criminal charges for any of the offenses listed in Section 5.36.080(A)(1)(j)* against the applicant in any city or state within five (5) years prior to the date of the application, fully disclosing the place and court where the criminal charge occurred, and the disposition of the criminal charge;
(9) Whether the applicant:
(a) Has an active warrant for arrest or is currently charged with any criminal charge listed in Section 5.36.080(A)(1);
(b) Has previously been issued a license by any city or state for an adult business establishment or escort service or has been employed by any such establishment;
(c) Has satisfied the education requirements in Section 5.36.070 and, if applicable, Section 5.36.075.
(10) The massage therapist and massage therapy establishment license history of the applicant, including, but not limited to:
(a) Whether the applicant has had such license denied, suspended or revoked, or if such license is currently suspended;
(b) If such license was denied, suspended, revoked or voluntarily surrendered, then the reason why the license was denied, revoked, suspended or voluntarily surrendered;
(11) Authorization for the City to perform a state and national criminal history check and to investigate the truth of the statements in the application.
(C) An applicant for a massage therapy establishment license must provide the following:
(1) The proposed place of business and exact nature of the services to be provided;
(2) All criminal charges against or related to any massage therapy establishment, which the applicant was operating or employed by, in any city or state within ten (10) years prior to the date of application, fully disclosing the place and court where the criminal charge occurred, and the disposition of the criminal charge;
(3) If required by state law to register with the Kansas Secretary of State, a Certificate of Good Standing for the business;
(4) A Certificate of Occupancy for the proposed place of business, or proof of applying for same.
(D) An applicant for a massage therapist license must provide the following:
(1) Name, address, and telephone number of employing establishment;
(2) The position or function the applicant is being hired to provide within the employing establishment.
(E) Upon submission of a request for renewal on a form provided by the City and a fee, an expiring massage therapist license may be renewed by the City, and an expiring massage therapy establishment license may be renewed by the City if there has been no change in ownership. Such fee will be adopted by the governing body by resolution. All requests for renewal must be received by the City at least thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the license.
If the renewal request is not received at least thirty (30) days prior to the expiration, the City may be unable to process the renewal request prior to the expiration of the license.
(F) No suspended license will be renewed. If a suspended license lapses during a suspension period, a new application for a license may only be filed upon the expiration of the period of suspension. (Ord. 20-37 § 3, 2020; Ord. 19-67 § 2, 2019; Ord. 15-60 § 6, 2015.)
*OMC 5.36.080(A)(1)(j) was repealed by Ord. 20-37.