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The following acts are prohibited:

1. It is unlawful for any person to practice or engage in or attempt to practice or engage in massage, without first being licensed by the state of Utah as a massage therapist or massage apprentice.

2. It is unlawful for any massage establishment to employ or contract with, for the purpose of performing massage, any individual who is not licensed by the state of Utah as a massage therapist or massage apprentice.

3. It is unlawful to serve, store, or allow to be consumed any alcoholic beverage on the licensed premises of a massage establishment.

4. It is unlawful for a massage therapist, a massage apprentice, an employee, or an independent contractor of a massage establishment to touch, massage, or apply any instrument or device, or offer to touch, massage, or apply any instrument or device, to the specified anatomical areas of any person while on the premises of a massage establishment.

5. It is unlawful for a massage therapist, massage apprentice, employee, independent contractor, or customer of the massage establishment to display to any other person any specified anatomical area or to engage in any specified sexual activities while on the premises of the massage establishment.

6. It is unlawful for a premises licensed as a massage establishment to be used for the purpose of housing, sheltering or harboring, or cause or permit the same to be used as living or sleeping quarters by employees or other persons.

7. With the exception of bathrooms, dressing rooms, or any other room used for dressing purposes, no owner, operator, responsible managing employee, manager or licensee in charge of or in control of any massage establishment shall permit any person in any area within the massage establishment which is used in common by the patrons, or which can be viewed by patrons from such an area, unless the person’s specified anatomical areas are fully covered. Further, no owner, operator, responsible managing employee, manager, or licensee in charge of or in control of a massage establishment shall permit any person to be in any room with another person unless all the persons present have their specified anatomical areas completely covered.

8. It is unlawful for any owner, operator, or other person in charge of or in control of a massage establishment to permit any masseur or employee to be on the premises of a massage establishment during its hours of operation or while performing, or available to perform, any task or service associated with the operation of a massage business, unless the masseur or employee is fully covered from the center of the kneecap to the base of the neck, excepting the hands and arms. Such covering must be of opaque material and maintained in a clean and sanitary condition.

9. It is unlawful for a massage establishment to hold itself out as a licensed facility or to advertise massage services to the public without being properly licensed by both Lindon City and the state of Utah.

10. It is unlawful for any person to hold themselves out as a licensed massage therapist or to advertise massage services to the public without being properly licensed by the state of Utah.

11. It is unlawful for any owner, operator, responsible managing employee, manager, licensee, or lessee in charge of or in control of a massage establishment to allow such establishment and its related massages and operations to be conducted in violation of the Utah Massage Therapy Practice Act, as set forth in Title 58, Chapter 47b of the Utah Code, as may be amended. (Ord. 2022-1 §1, amended, 2022)