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Massage law may be temporary in San Ramon

by Roz Rogoff

Interim City Attorney Roger Peters reported to the City Council on what it can do to fit the city's massage therapist permitting requirements into SB731, the state's new massage establishment licensing law.

The city's permitting requirements are much stiffer than the state's, and the Council was concerned about maintaining the city's current level of control over massage therapists and establishments.

The State law prohibits a city from requiring state certified therapists to obtain city-issued permits, or establishments with only state certified therapists to obtain a city permit. Instead massage establishments or independent therapists will be required to obtain a city business license and a "temporary" permit issued by the Police Department with no fee.

Massage therapists not certified by the state, or establishments with any therapists not state certified, are still required to obtain regular city permits.

The Police Department may suspend or revoke all permits for cause, and all other provisions of the San Ramon Municipal Code will apply to massage establishments and therapists.

Since San Ramon is a Charter City, it might be exempt from following SB731. The City is waiting for an opinion on this from the State Attorney General, but in the meantime the Council passed the resolution requiring "temporary permits" for state certified massage therapists and establishments in the City of San Ramon.