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Code · Ohio · Title 5 Townships · Chapter 503 General Provisions

Section 503.42 — Permits - licenses - regulations.

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If a board of township trustees has adopted a resolution under section 503.41 of the Revised Code:
(A)No person shall engage in, conduct or carry on, or permit to be engaged in, conducted or carried on in the unincorporated areas of the township, the operation of a massage establishment without first having obtained a permit from the board of township trustees as provided in section 503.43 of the Revised Code.
(B)No individual shall act as a masseur or masseuse for a massage establishment located in the unincorporated areas of the township without first having obtained a license from the board of township trustees as provided in section 503.45 of the Revised Code.
(C)No owner or operator of a massage establishment located in the unincorporated areas of the township shall knowingly do any of the following:
(1)Employ an unlicensed masseur or masseuse;
(2)Refuse to allow appropriate state or local authorities, including police officers, access to the massage establishment for any health or safety inspection conducted pursuant to a regulation adopted by the township under section 503.41 of the Revised Code;
(3)Operate during the hours designated as prohibited hours of operation by the board of township trustees;
(4)Employ any person under the age of eighteen.
(D)No person employed in a massage establishment located in the unincorporated area of the township shall knowingly do any of the following in the performance of duties at the massage establishment:
(1)Place his or her hand upon, touch with any part of his or her body, fondle in any manner, or massage the sexual or genital area of any other person;
(2)Perform, offer, or agree to perform any act which would require the touching of the sexual or genital area of any other person;
(3)Touch, offer, or agree to touch the sexual or genital area of any other person with any mechanical or electrical apparatus or appliance;
(4)Wear unclean clothing, no clothing, transparent clothing, or clothing that otherwise reveals the sexual or genital areas of the masseur or masseuse;
(5)Uncover or allow the sexual or genital area of any other person to be uncovered while providing massages.
(E)No licensed masseur or masseuse shall accept or continue employment at a massage establishment that does not have a current, valid permit issued by the board of township trustees.
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