Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 640C - Massage Therapists
MASSAGE, REFLEXOLOGY AND STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION ESTABLISHMENTS
Section 640C.230 - Requirements for room in which massage therapy is practiced

Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 640C.230

Current through September 16, 2024

1. A room in which massage therapy, reflexology or structural integration is practiced must:

(a) Have the capability of maintaining the air temperature in the room at 75 degrees Fahrenheit at a point 24 inches above the floor;

(b) Have sufficient ventilation and circulation to prevent objectionable odors; and

(c) Have lighting fixtures which are capable of providing a minimum of 5 foot-candles of light at the floor level. Such lighting fixtures must be used when any cleaning operations are conducted in the room.

2. In addition to the requirements set forth in subsection 1, a room in which massage therapy or structural integration is practiced must:

(a) Be designed to provide privacy for the client; and

(b) Have sufficient space on each side of the massage or structural integration table to allow the massage therapist, structural integration practitioner or client to adequately move around the table.

3. A room in which massage therapy, reflexology or structural integration is practiced must not be used simultaneously for massage therapy, reflexology or structural integration and any domestic or dwelling purposes. If a licensee works out of his or her home, the room in which the massage therapy, reflexology or structural integration is practiced must be separate from any room used for domestic or dwelling purposes.

4. Massage therapy, reflexology and structural integration, or any combination thereof, must not be practiced simultaneously in the same room unless the room is located at a fair, festival or exhibit in this State.

5. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a room in which massage therapy, reflexology or structural integration is practiced must not contain surveillance equipment, including, without limitation, any device or medium used to record, by audio or visual means, the massage therapy, reflexology or structural integration.

6. If a room in which massage therapy, reflexology or structural integration is practiced contains a computer, any camera on the computer must be covered and the monitor of the computer must not be visible to the licensee while a client is present in the room.

7. A licensee may use a tablet for purposes which include, without limitation, reviewing client notes or keeping time, so long as the tablet is not used for surveillance purposes.

8. Subsection 5 shall not be construed to:

(a) Apply to any device or medium owned or operated by a client or other person who is not the licensee or the massage establishment, reflexology establishment or structural integration establishment; or

(b) Relieve the licensee or massage establishment, reflexology establishment or structural integration establishment from the obligation to comply with any provision of law or regulation requiring surveillance in a room in which massage therapy, reflexology or structural integration is practiced.

9. This section shall not be construed to prohibit law enforcement from conducting a lawful investigation.

Added to NAC by Bd. of Massage Therapists by R009-07, eff. 6-17-2008; A by R108-17AP, eff. 2/27/2018; A by R128-20A, eff. 9/20/2022; A by R128-20A, eff. 9/20/2022

NRS 640C.320, 640C.330

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