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Ohio Rev. Code § 503.42

Permits - licenses - regulations.

Ohio · Chapter 503 | General Provisions · Status: effective

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Ohio Rev. Code § 503.42, Permits - licenses - regulations, Ohio, version 1 as recorded 2026-08-11, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/1166470
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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.