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:
- A.The applicant for the massage therapist license has been convicted of, or diverted on:
- 1.a felony within the 20 years immediately preceding the date of the application;
- 2.an offense involving sexual misconduct with children;
- 3.obscenity;
- 4.promoting prostitution as defined by K.S.A. 21-3513;
- 5.solicitation of a lewd or unlawful act;
- 6.prostitution;
- 7.pandering or other sexually related offense; or
- 8.any violation of this Chapter in the last year, or any revocation of their therapist license within the last year.
- 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.
- 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.
- D.That the applicant has not successfully completed the examination or education standards required under the provisions of this Chapter.
- E.That the applicant is not legally present in the United States.
- 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