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Title 9 : Business, Peddlers, Solicitors, etc.
Chapter 3 : Massage Parlors Massage Technicians And Other Massage Parlor Employees

9-317 : Minimum standards for parlors.

No massage parlor shall be operated, established or maintained in the City of Rockford that does not comply with the following minimum standards:

  1. The premises shall have adequate equipment for disinfecting and sterilizing non-disposable instruments and materials used in administering massages. Such non-disposable instruments and materials shall be disinfected after each use on each patron.
  2. Closed cabinets shall be provided and used for the storage of clean linen, towels and other materials used in connection with administering massages. All soiled linens, towels and other materials shall be kept in properly covered containers or cabinets, which shall be kept separate from the clean storage areas.
  3. Clean linen and towels shall be provided for each massage patron. No common use of linen or towels shall be permitted.
  4. All massage tables, bathtubs, shower stalls, steam or bath areas, and floors shall have surfaces which may be readily disinfected.
  5. Oils, creams and any other preparations used in administering massages shall be kept in clean closed containers or cabinets.
  6. Adequate bathing, dressing, locker and toilet facilities shall be provided for the patrons to be served at any time. Separate bathing, dressing, locker and toilet facilities shall be provided for male and female patrons.
  7. All walls, ceilings, floors, pools, showers, bathtubs, steam rooms, and all other physical facilities shall be in good repair and maintained in a clean and sanitary condition. Wet and dry heat rooms, steam or vapor rooms, or steam or vapor cabinets, shower compartments and toilet rooms shall be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected each day the business is in operation. Bathtubs shall be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected after each use. When carpeting is in use on floors, it shall be kept dry.
  8. The premises shall be equipped with a service sink for all custodial services.
  9. Eating in the massage work areas shall not be permitted.
  10. Animals, except for seeing-eye dogs, shall not be permitted in the massage work areas.
  11. No massage parlor shall employ a massage technician who does not comply with the provisions of this chapter. (as added by Ord. #120904-2, Jan. 2005)