Title 5 - Business Licenses and Regulations

5.50 Massage Therapy

5.50.520 Application Processing and Issuance of Massage Therapist License.

The City Clerk shall issue a massage therapist license within 21 days following application, unless he/she finds that:

  1. A.
    The applicant for the massage therapist license has been convicted of, or diverted on:
    1. 1.
      a felony within the 20 years immediately preceding the date of the application;
    2. 2.
      an offense involving sexual misconduct with children;
    3. 3.
      obscenity;
    4. 4.
      promoting prostitution as defined by K.S.A. 21-3513;
    5. 5.
      solicitation of a lewd or unlawful act;
    6. 6.
      prostitution;
    7. 7.
      pandering or other sexually related offense; or
    8. 8.
      any violation of this Chapter in the last year, or any revocation of their therapist license within the last year.
  2. B.
    The applicant has knowingly made any false, misleading, or fraudulent statement of fact in the license application or in any document required by the City in conjunction therewith.
  3. C.
    That the correct license fee has not been tendered to the City, and in the case of a check or bank draft, honored with payment upon presentation.
  4. D.
    That the applicant has not successfully completed the examination or education standards required under the provisions of this Chapter.
  5. E.
    That the applicant is not legally present in the United States.
  6. F.
    Any applicant aggrieved by denial of a license may seek judicial review in accordance with Section 5.50.350E.

(History: Ord. MP-2890 §3, 2010; MP-2790 §23, 2008)

Effective on: 1/1/1901