Operation.
Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 912-6
in effectSec. 912-6. - Operation.
(a) A massage establishment operated as a home occupation must comply with the requirements of section 731-220.
(b) Each person employed in a massage establishment shall wear clean outer garments with a fully opaque covering of such person's sexual and/or genital areas.
(c) The sexual and/or genital areas of patrons of massage establishments must be covered with towels, clothes or undergarments when in the presence of an employee, massage therapist, or other patron, except as provided in 847 IAC 1-2-5(c).
(d) No person in a massage establishment shall engage in sexual activity with a client.
(e) No person in a massage establishment shall expose, touch, or massage a sexual and/or genital area of a client, except as provided in 847 IAC 1-2-3(c).
(f) No person in a massage establishment shall initiate or solicit, verbally or nonverbally, sexual activity with a client.
(g) Every massage establishment shall be open for inspection during all business hours and at other reasonable times by police officers, health and fire inspectors, and duly authorized representatives of the city upon the showing of proper credentials by such persons.
(h) Each person performing massage therapy in a massage establishment shall possess a massage therapist certification issued by the State of Indiana. The massage therapist's certification shall be conspicuously displayed or available for inspection upon demand.
(G.O. 2, 2015, § 7)
Source: Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County, Revised Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/in/indianapolis_-_marion_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIVBUCORELI_CH912MAES_S912-6OPFetched: 10/27/2026