Right of entry, inspections.
New Orleans City Code § 30-1044
in effectSec. 30-1044. - Right of entry, inspections.
For purposes of ascertaining violations of this article and conducting routine inspections, police officers, health inspectors, fire inspectors and building inspectors of the city shall have the right of entry onto the premises of any massage establishment during the hours such establishment is open for business. If health officers observe that any massage therapist has open sores or, otherwise, have reasonable grounds to believe that any massage therapist is infected with a contagious or communicable disease, they shall have the right to suspend such massage therapist from practicing or administering massage until such time as he furnishes a doctor's certificate showing him to be free of any contagious or communicable disease.
(Code 1956, § 35A-1-6(8))
Source: City of New Orleans, Code of Ordinances and Home Rule Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/la/new_orleans/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICO_CH30BU_ARTXIIMATHMAES_DIV5OPRE_S30-1044RIENINFetched: 10/28/2026
