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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 25. FOOD OPERATIONS AND COMMUNITY HYGIENE FACILITIES |
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SubTilte 25-D. MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENT AND HEALTH SPA FACILITY REGULATIONS |
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Chapter 25-D17. PROHIBITED CONDUCT AND ACTIVITIES |
Section 25-D1700. PROHIBITED CONDUCT - ADVERTISEMENT AND POSTING*
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1700.1No person shall refer to the Department in any advertisement or posting that such person or such person’s establishment is licensed with the Department pursuant to these regulations.
1700.2No person shall state or imply that any activity conducted by such person or such person’s establishment has been approved by the Department.
1700.3No person shall claim in any advertisement or posting any medical or health benefits from such person’s massage therapy services, nor imply use of services as a medical treatment.
1700.4No person or facility shall advertise or promote massage therapy service packages labeled as “unlimited”.
1700.5No person or facility shall advertise or promote massage therapy or health spa services with nude images, images of scantily clad persons, vulgarity, or with any sexual overtones.
1700.6No person or facility shall advertise or promote massage therapy or health spa services that are misleading in any way.
1700.7No person or facility shall advertise or promote services that are not massage therapy or health spa services.
1700.8No person or facility shall advertise or promote massage or spa related services without the massage establishment or health facility’s name, address, telephone number, and license number on the advertisement.
1700.9Unless licensed to practice massage therapy in the District of Columbia as specified in section 200.1, no person or facility shall use or imply the use of words or terms “massage therapy”, “therapeutic massage”, “myotherapy”, “bodyrub”, or similar title or description of services, or use the initials “LMT” with the intent to represent that the person practices massage in accordance with the District of Columbia Health Occupations Revision Act of 1985, effective March 25, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-99; D.C. Official Code 3-1210.03(v) (2007 Repl.)).