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REFLEXOLOGY

Las Vegas Municipal Code tit. 6, ch. 6.69
in effect

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.69.005 Purpose.

6.69.005 - Purpose. (A) The City Council hereby finds that reflexology establishments seriously affect the economic, social and moral well-being of the City and its residents, that such businesses must be regulated strictly for the welfare of the public, and that such businesses must therefore comply with LVMC Chapter 6.06, as well as the provisions of this Chapter. Although the Nevada Legislature has removed the ability of the City to regulate reflexologists as to their qualifications and practices, the City retains its authority to: (1) Require reflexologists and reflexology establishments to obtain a City business license; and (2) Regulate the manner in which reflexology establishments themselves may operate. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this Subsection (B) and this Chapter, the issuance and governance of individual reflexologist licenses, including those for independent reflexologists, shall be in accordance with LVMC Chapter 6.02. The issuance and governance of licenses for reflexology establishment licensee practitioners shall be in accordance with LVMC Chapter 6.06 and this Chapter. (Ord. No. 6760, § 1, 12-16-20)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.69.010 Definitions.

6.69.010 - Definitions. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following words, as they appear in this Chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section: "Employee" means any person who performs reflexology as a bona fide employee of a reflexology business. "Independent reflexologist" means a reflexologist who is not an employee of a reflexology establishment, is a sole practitioner, and hires no employees. "Outcall service" means reflexology given or provided off the premises of a licensed reflexology business. "Reflexologist" means any person who, for consideration, engages in the practice of reflexology. "Reflexology" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS Chapter 640C. "Reflexology establishment licensee practitioner" means the licensee of a reflexology establishment who performs reflexology. "Sexual activity" means: (1) Sexual intercourse; (2) Rubbing against a client for sexual gratification; (3) Making sexual advances toward a client; (4) Demanding or requesting sexual favors from a client; (5) Kissing, hugging, touching, fondling or caressing of a sexual nature; (6) Encouraging masturbation or any other sex act in the presence of a licensee or other person performing reflexology; (7) Masturbation or any other sex act by the licensee or other person performing reflexology; (8) Suggesting or discussing the possibility of beginning a sexual relationship before the professional relationship ends; (9) Terminating the professional relationship with the client for the purpose of pursuing a sexual relationship; (10) Discussing the sexual history, preference or fantasies of the licensee or other person performing reflexology; (11) Any behavior, gesture or expression that may reasonably be interpreted as seductive or sexual; or (12) Showing a client sexually explicit photographs. "Specified anatomical area" means: (1) Genitals; (2) Pubic region; (3) Buttocks; or (4) Female breast. (Ord. No. 6934, § 2, 1-7-26; Ord. No. 6760, § 2, 12-16-20; Ord. No. 6171, § 1, 12-7-11; Ord. 5491 § 18, 2002: Ord. 5172 § 2, 1999)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.69.020 Applicability.

6.69.020 - Applicability. This Chapter does not apply to: (A) The following persons while engaged in their respective professions or occupations for which they are licensed to practice or perform in Nevada, if their performance of reflexology is only in connection with their profession or occupation: (1) Physicians, doctors of oriental medicine, surgeons, chiropractors, osteopaths or physical therapists, and persons directly under their control and supervision. (2) Registered nurses. (3) Barbers, hairdressers and cosmeticians. (4) Massage therapists licensed under the provisions of LVMC Chapter 6.52. (B) Participants in a student clinic program certified by the State of Nevada, but only to the extent that an instructor is present at the location of the clinic program. (Ord. No. 6171, § 2, 12-7-11; Ord. 5491 § 19, 2002: Ord. 5172 § 3, 1999)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.69.030 License required.

6.69.030 - License required. No person shall engage in, conduct or carry on, or permit to be engaged in, conducted or carried on, in or upon any premises, the operation of a reflexology establishment, or the performance of reflexology as a reflexologist or a reflexology establishment licensee practitioner, without first obtaining and thereafter maintaining a valid unexpired license for that activity pursuant to this Chapter. (Ord. No. 6760, § 3, 12-16-20; Ord. 5491 § 20, 2002: Ord. 5172 § 4, 1999)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.69.040 License fee.

6.69.040 - License fee. (A) Each reflexology establishment must pay in advance an annual license fee of one hundred dollars, together with the additional license fees for professional employees described in LVMC 6.04.060. As an alternative to paying the license fees for professional employees, an establishment may elect to require those employees to pay a license fee as if they were independent reflexologists under Subsection (B), in which case each such employee must do so. (B) Each independent reflexologist and reflexology establishment licensee practitioner must pay in advance an annual license fee of seventy-five dollars. (Ord. No. 6760, § 4, 12-16-20; Ord. 5491 § 21, 2002: Ord. 5172 § 5, 1999)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.69.050 License—Reflexology services—Authorization/compliance.

6.69.050 - License—Reflexology services—Authorization/compliance. (A) An independent reflexologist license authorizes the licensee to: (1) Administer reflexology to a client in a licensed reflexology establishment; (2) Administer reflexology to a client at the client's temporary or permanent residence, transient lodging or at the client's place of business; and (3) Advertise as an independent reflexologist. (B) An independent reflexologist licensee must comply with all applicable provisions of the City zoning regulations. (Ord. No. 6760, § 5, 12-16-20; Ord. 5491 § 22, 2002: Ord. 5172 § 6, 1999)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.69.060 License—Reflexology business—Application.

6.69.060 - License—Reflexology business—Application. Each applicant for a license under this Chapter shall provide to the Department proof of temporary or permanent licensure by the Nevada State Board of Massage Therapy. (Ord. No. 6760, § 6, 12-16-20; Ord. No. 6171, § 3, 12-7-11; Ord. 5491 § 23, 2002: Ord. 5172 § 7, 1999)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.69.070 License application—Investigation—Fee.

6.69.070 - License application—Investigation—Fee. In connection with a license application for a reflexology establishment, each principal of the reflexology establishment shall submit to investigation by Metro on standard forms established by the Department and pay the standard investigation fee. (Ord. No. 6760, § 7, 12-16-20; Ord. 5172 § 8, 1999)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.69.080 License application—Action taken by Director.

6.69.080 - License application—Action taken by Director. (A) Upon receipt of a complete application for a reflexology establishment license and a report concerning Metro's investigation for suitability, the Director shall approve, deny, or take such other action concerning the license application as the Director considers appropriate. The Director may deny, revoke or suspend a license for good cause, which includes but is not limited to the grounds set forth in LVMC 6.02.090 and LVMC 6.02.330 to 6.02.360, inclusive. (B) With regard to an application for a license for a reflexologist, the Director shall issue a license to perform reflexology to an applicant upon the acceptance of a completed application, payment of appropriate license fees, and proof of a valid unexpired reflexologist license issued by the Nevada Board of Massage Therapy. However, the Director may deny, refuse to renew, or revoke an application for a license to perform reflexology for the following reasons: (1) The applicant or licensee fails to possess or maintain a valid unexpired reflexologist license issued by the Nevada State Board of Massage Therapy. (2) The applicant or licensee has been convicted of a charge of solicitation of prostitution during the three-year period immediately preceding the Director's action. (Ord. No. 6760, § 8, 12-16-20; Ord. 5172 § 9, 1999)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.69.090 Employment—Age restrictions.

6.69.090 - Employment—Age restrictions. It is unlawful for a reflexology business licensee or a person acting for the licensee to employ any person, whether as an employee or under contract, to perform reflexology unless that person is at least eighteen years of age. (Ord. No. 6760, § 9, 12-16-20; Ord. 5491 § 24, 2002: Ord. 5172 § 10, 1999)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.69.110 Zone location restrictions—Prohibited practices.

6.69.110 - Zone location restrictions—Prohibited practices. It is unlawful for any licensee, principal or employee of a reflexology establishment to: (A) Operate from a residentially zoned location except in compliance with LVMC Title 19; (B) Dispatch any person to perform outcall service unless that person is an employee of, or has been contracted by, the licensee and is licensed to perform reflexology under this Chapter; (C) Perform massage as defined in LVMC Chapter 6.52 unless the licensee possesses a valid unexpired license to do so at the location in question; (D) Advertise as a massage establishment, outcall entertainment service, or other business in a manner which would be deceptive to members of the community; (E) Employ to perform massage, as defined in LVMC Chapter 6.52, any massage therapist or independent massage therapist who is licensed as such under that Chapter, unless the holder of the reflexology business license also possesses a valid unexpired massage establishment license under that Chapter; (F) Engage in sexual activity with, or solicit sexual activity from, a client in connection with the performance of reflexology; (G) Allow a person to engage in or solicit sexual activity in violation of Subsection (F) above; (H) Engage in false, deceptive or misleading advertising regarding the services available within a reflexology establishment, including, without limitation, false, deceptive or misleading advertising regarding the training that a reflexology establishment licensee, principal or employee has received; (I) Utilize any audio or video recording device for any purpose in a room where reflexology is being performed; (J) Fondle or touch with any part of the body, or allow any other person to fondle or so touch, any specified anatomical area of a client; or (K) Require or allow a client to remove any article of clothing, other than coats, shoes, socks and gloves whose removal is necessary for the performance of reflexology. (Ord. No. 6760, § 10, 12-16-20; Ord. No. 6171, § 5, 12-7-11; Ord. 5491 § 26, 2002: Ord. 5172 § 12, 1999)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.69.120 Additional requirements.

6.69.120 - Additional requirements. The following requirements apply to all reflexology establishments: (A) Every reflexology establishment and all licensed reflexologists shall post the licenses required by this Chapter in a prominent place in the reception area of the establishment. (B) The licensee, or a person designated by the licensee of a reflexology establishment, shall maintain a current register of all persons employed or contracted by the establishment to perform any function or service within the establishment, whether or not related to the provision of reflexology. The register must show each such person's full legal name, as well as each alias or nickname used by that person; the person's date of birth; the person's title or function; and each applicable State and City license and registration held by that person. The register must be updated to include any such person before the person is allowed on the premises. At all times the establishment is open for business, the register shall be made available upon request to representatives of the Department, Metro, and any other regulatory agency having jurisdiction. In addition, each reflexology establishment is responsible for ensuring that any person entering the establishment in any capacity is in possession of valid identification issued by a government entity to and regarding that person. (C) At least one qualified person shall be on the premises of a reflexology establishment at all times the establishment is in operation. For purposes of the preceding sentence, a "qualified person" means a principal who has been approved for suitability pursuant to LVMC 6.69.070 and 6.69.080 or a manager who has been approved for suitability pursuant to those Sections as in the case of a principal. (D) Rates for all services shall be prominently posted in the reception area in a location and manner readily visible to prospective and actual clients. (E) Each reflexologist shall wear a uniform similar in nature and appearance to medical scrubs. (F) Exterior windows shall not be tinted or covered in any manner that prevents a view of the inside of the establishment from the exterior. (G) All front reception, hallway and front exterior doors (except back or rear exterior doors used only for employee entrance to and exit from the reflexology establishment) shall be kept unlocked during business hours. No electronic locking device may be utilized on any interior door. (H) Reflexology establishments licensed after the effective date of the ordinance codified in part in this Section shall provide or permit reflexology only within an unenclosed room defined by walls not taller than three feet in height, as measured from the finished floor of the occupied space. (I) Except as otherwise specifically permitted by action of the City Council, no person shall operate a reflexology establishment or perform reflexology for consideration (whether outcall service or otherwise) outside of the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. (Ord. No. 6760, § 11, 12-16-20; Ord. No. 6171, § 6, 12-7-11)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.69.150 Licenses nontransferable.

6.69.150 - Licenses nontransferable. Licenses issued under this Chapter are nontransferable. (Ord. No. 6171, § 8, 12-7-11)
Source: City of Las Vegas, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nv/las_vegas/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT6BUTALIRE_CH6.69REFetched: 10/28/2026

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