§ 43-23. Prohibited activities generally.

No massage establishment licensee shall employ or permit any services in or about any massage parlor by a person who has been convicted within the last five (5) years for sodomy, procuring, pandering, keeping a bawdy house, keeping an assignation house, engaging in prostitution, engaging in assignation or any offense contained in Sections 43.02 through and including 43.05 of the Texas Penal Code of 1974.

No massaginist shall perform a massage unless the patron is covered by opaque material such as a towel or shorts covering the hips, genitals and anal areas.

No massaginist shall touch the genitals or anal area of any patron or the breast if the patron is a female nor shall a patron touch the genitals or anal area of a massaginist, and if the massaginist is a female the prohibited area shall include the breasts.

No massaginist shall administer a massage to a person of the opposite sex.

(Ord. No. 2693, § 23, 9-12-74; Ord. No. 2703, § 11, 10-17-74; Ord. No. 3056, § 11, 1-5-78; Ord. No. 3933, § 1, 8-12-82)

State law reference

Local regulation of massage therapists, V.T.C.A., Occupations Code § 455.005.