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7.A. - Page 3 STATE LAW Can Do Can't Do Local agency may require file copies or other Local agency cannot enact or enforce existing local evidence of state certificate & must have on building code or physical facility requirements that premises for review. do not uniformly apply to other professional or personal services business. Local agency may require a business license to Local agency cannot charge a business license fee operate a massage establishment and require an that is different than the fee uniformly applied to all applicant to provide relevant information, make other individuals and businesses providing reasonable investigation into the information professional services. provided, and deny or restrict a license if the applicant has provided materially false information. Local agency may require owner or operator to be Local agency cannot require unlocked doors when responsible for the conduct of all employees or there is no staff available to ensure security for independent contractors working on the premises clients and massage staff who are behind closed of the business, and revoke, suspend for violations doors or require windows that provide a view into on premises. massage rooms that interfere with the privacy of clients of the massage business. Local agency may conduct reasonable inspections. Local agency may require an owner or operator to notify the city of any change to name, management or conveyance of business to another person. Can require background check on owner who owns 5% or more of business and who is not state certified. The policy behind the state law was to enable consumers to identify legitimate and professional massage workers /businesses by establishing certain standards including background checks and fingerprinting. To become a massage practitioner, an applicant must have 250 hours of education from a single approved school and 500 hours of education from a single approved school to become a massage therapist. CAMTC maintains a list of "suspect" schools and has clearer authority under the amended law to deny or revoke certifications. Further details are located on CAMTC's website ( www.camtc.org ) and a copy of its chart showing the pathways to CAMTC certification is attached hereto. Permitted Establishments Redwood City has a total of twenty -two locations where massage services are provided in its jurisdiction including two pending applications, and these businesses are clustered in three areas of the City — Woodside Road/El Camino Real, downtown, and the Arch - Birch area. Thirteen of these locations are day spas or other businesses where massage services are ancillary, such as massages at the Pacific Athletic Club. The remaining nine provide only massage services. A map of existing massage 3