OPERATING REQUIREMENTS

Oklahoma City Municipal Code ch. 28, art. III

in effect

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 28-66 Sanitation generally.

§ 28-66. - Sanitation generally. Every place where massage is being conducted, including appliances and apparatus, shall be kept clean and operated in a sanitary condition. (Ord. No. 23531, § 7, 1-29-08)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 28-67 Posting of prices.

§ 28-67. - Posting of prices. Price rates for massage services, including seated massage and off-site services, shall be prominently displayed in a location available to all prospective customers. (Ord. No. 23531, § 7, 1-29-08)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 28-68 Employee register.

§ 28-68. - Employee register. The licensee or person designated by the licensee of a massage establishment shall maintain a register of all persons employed at any time as massage therapists and their license numbers. Such register shall be posted at the massage establishment at all times. (Ord. No. 23531, § 7, 1-29-08)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 28-69 Employment of massage therapists.

§ 28-69. - Employment of massage therapists. No person shall employ as a massage therapist any person unless said employee has obtained and has in effect a license issued pursuant to this chapter. (Ord. No. 23531, § 7, 1-29-08)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 28-70 Contagious diseases.

§ 28-70. - Contagious diseases. Except as otherwise provided, no manager of any massage establishment shall employ or permit any massage therapist to work and no massage therapist shall work in any establishment or location which is affected with any infectious, contagious or communicable disease or any disease which may, by law, be required to be reported to the Health Department of the City or of the State. (Ord. No. 23531, § 7, 1-29-08)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 28-71 Required dress.

§ 28-71. - Required dress. All employees of a massage establishment, and all massage therapists, shall be clean and wear clean, nontransparent outer garments, covering the sexual and genital areas. (Ord. No. 23531, § 7, 1-29-08)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 28-72 Sheets and towels.

§ 28-72. - Sheets and towels. All places where massage is being conducted shall have clean, laundered sheets and towels in sufficient quantities which shall be laundered after each use thereof and stored in a sanitary manner. (Ord. No. 23531, § 7, 1-29-08)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 28-73 Operating hours.

§ 28-73. - Operating hours. No massage establishment or off-site service shall be kept open or performed between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. (Ord. No. 23531, § 7, 1-29-08)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 28-74 Advertising.

§ 28-74. - Advertising. No massage establishment or massage therapist shall place, publish or distribute or cause to be placed, published or distributed any advertisement, picture, or statement which is known or through the exercise of reasonable care should be known to be false, deceptive or misleading in order to induce any person to purchase or utilize any professional massage services. Any advertisement of a massage establishment or massage therapist shall contain the license number of said establishment or therapist. (Ord. No. 23531, § 7, 1-29-08)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 28-75 Persons under 18 prohibited on premises.

§ 28-75. - Persons under 18 prohibited on premises. No person shall permit any person under the age of 18 years to come or remain on the premises of any massage establishment as a massage therapist, employee, patron, or in any other capacity without parental/legal guardian presence or written consent, unless such person is on the premises on lawful business. (Ord. No. 23531, § 7, 1-29-08)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 28-76 Alcoholic beverages.

§ 28-76. - Alcoholic beverages. No person shall sell, give, dispense, provide or keep, or cause to be sold, given, dispensed, provided or kept, any alcoholic beverage on the premises of any massage establishment or where massage is being conducted. (Ord. No. 23531, § 7, 1-29-08; Ord. No. 26267, § 2, 10-8-19)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 28-77 Indecent conduct.

§ 28-77. - Indecent conduct. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, conducting a massage, to place his/her hand or hands upon, to touch with any part of his/her body, to fondle in any manner, or to massage, a sexual or genital area of any other person. (b) It shall be unlawful for any person conducting a massage, to expose his/her sexual or genital areas, or any portion thereof, to any other person. It shall also be unlawful for any person, conducting a massage, to expose the sexual or genital areas, or any portions thereof, of any other person. (c) It shall be unlawful for any person, while in the presence of any other person conducting a massage, to fail to conceal with a fully opaque covering, the sexual or genital areas of the body. (d) It shall be unlawful for any person owning, operating or managing a massage establishment, knowingly to cause, allow or permit in or about such massage establishment, any agent, employee, or any other person under his/her control or supervision to perform such acts prohibited in Subsections (a), (b) or (c) of this section. (Ord. No. 23531, § 7, 1-29-08)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 28-78 Requirements for cubicles, booth, etc.

§ 28-78. - Requirements for cubicles, booth, etc. It shall be unlawful for any massage to be carried on within any cubicle, room, booth, or any area which is fitted with a door capable of being locked. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to eliminate other requirements of statute or ordinance concerning the maintenance of premises, not to preclude authorized inspection thereof, whenever inspection is deemed necessary by the Police or Health Department. (Ord. No. 23531, § 7, 1-29-08)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 28-79 Treatment of diseased persons.

§ 28-79. - Treatment of diseased persons. No person affected with any contagious disease or with any disease of the skin shall be treated with a massage. (Ord. No. 23531, § 7, 1-29-08)

Source: City of Oklahoma City, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ok/oklahoma_city/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=OKMUCO2020_CH28MA_ARTIIIOPREFetched: 10/28/2026