HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 496ORDINANCE NO.
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER
5.86, SECTION 5.86.020, SUBSECTION (M) AND
SECTION 5.86.090, SUBSECTION (I) OF THE CODE
OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA RELATING
TO THE DEFINITION OF A RECOGNIZED SCHOOL.
The City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California,
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN, as follows:
SECTION 1: Subsection (M) of Section 5.86.020. That
subsection (M) of Section 5.86.020 is hereby amended to read as
follows:
A recognized school means any school or educational
Institution licensed to do business as a school or educational
institution in the state in which it is located, or any school
recognized by a national organization whose purpose is to up
grade the professionalism of massagists, and which has for its
purpose the teaching of the theory, method, profession, or work
of massage, which school requires a resident course of study not
less than 500 hours before the student shall be furnished with a
diploma or certificate of graduation from such school or
institution of learning following successful completion of such
course of study or learning.
As an option to having the required 500 hours of training,
the applicant has the option of either:
(1) Membership in a national organization which
requires at least 300 hours of study and must provide
proof of continuing education of at least 24 hours
annually until the required 500 hours of training is
completed, or;
( 2 ) 100 hours of study and passing the County of
Riverside Massage License Examination, and must provide
proof of continuing education of at least 24 hours
annually until the required 500 hours of training is
completed.
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SECTION 2: Subsection (I) of Section 5.86.090. That
Subsection ( I ) of Section 5.86.090 is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Applicant must furnish a diploma or certificate of
graduation from a recognized school or other institution of
learning wherein the method, profession and work of massage is
taught as defined in Section 5.86.020, Subsection (M).
SECTION 3: Publication. The City Clerk shall certify
to the passage of th i s ord i nance and sha l 1 cause the same to be
printed once in the Palm Desert Post, a newspaper of general
circulation, printed, published and circulated in the City of
Palm Desert, and this ordinance shall be In full force and
effect thirty (30) days after its adoption.
PASSE,
Marc
APPROVED and ADOPTED this 12th
1987, by the following vote:
AYES: BENSON, CRITES, SNYDER, WILSON, KELLY
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ATTEST: /
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SHEILA R. GIL
CITY OF PALM
day of
RICHARD KELLY, MAYOR
City of Palm Desert, Cal ornia
IGAN, C ILERK
ESERT, CALJFORNIA