Regulation and Licensing of Other Businesses

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  2. Georgia Code
  3. Professions and Businesses
  4. Massage Therapy Practice
  5. Local Regulation
  6. Regulation and Licensing of Other Businesses

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Nothing in this article shall prohibit a county, municipality, or other local jurisdiction from:

  1. Licensing or regulating other businesses that are not massage therapy businesses;
  2. Enacting advertising restrictions on massage therapy businesses to protect the public; provided, however, that this shall not include any restrictions on the content of advertising beyond what is included in Code Section 43-24A-15;
  3. Inspecting massage therapy businesses; provided, however, that this shall not be construed to authorize the review of client records protected by the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996; or
  4. Prohibiting and prosecuting illicit, immoral, prurient, or illegal activities or sexual activity in the operation or on the premises of a massage therapy business.

(Code 1981, §43-24A-32, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 591, § 1/HB 242.)


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