Hamilton : Règlement no 07-170, art. 20(a) — 20 Every owner who operates his or her own body-rub parlour and every operator of a body-rub parlour shall comply with, and ensure compliance with, the following regulations

20 Every owner who operates his or her own body-rub parlour and every operator of a body-rub parlour shall comply with, and ensure compliance with, the following regulations:

• the premises shall be provided with adequate light and ventilation;
• (b) the premises and all fixtures and equipment therein shall be regularly washed and kept in a sanitary condition;
• (c) the premises shall be equipped with an effective utility sink;
• (d) adequate toilet and washroom accommodation shall be provided, and there shall be separate such rooms for males and females, and no body-rubs or other services may be provided in any washroom or in any room containing a toilet;
• (e) washrooms shall be equipped with:
• (i) an adequate supply of hot and cold water;
• (ii) an adequate supply of liquid soap in a suitable container or Revised: November 2023 C:\Users\apepper\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.Outlook\38JEUW0B\Business Licensing 07-170 Consolidated (November 2023).docx dispenser;
• (iii) hot air dryers or individual clean towels for the use of each person using the washing facilities; and
• (iv) a suitable receptacle for used towels and waste material;
• (f) no washroom, toilet, sink or basin used for domestic purposes shall be used in connection with a body-rub parlour;
• (g) adequate shower-bath rooms shall be provided, and in such rooms, and in all sauna-bath rooms, if any;
• (i) the floors shall be disinfected at least once a week with a suitable disinfecting solution;
• (ii) all services and attached accessories of the bath or shower enclosure must be self-draining;
• (iii) all showers must have removable cleanable drain covers; and
• (iv) floor surfaces both within and without the enclosure shall be of a non-slip type;
• (h) if bathtubs or whirlpool baths are provided on the premises,
• (i) a grab-bar or other convenient support shall be provided unless the walls of the tub or whirlpool bath enclosure are twenty-four inches in height or higher;
• (ii) the bottom of the tub or whirlpool bath enclosure shall be of a non-slip type; and
• (iii) the water serving all bathtubs, showers and hand basins used by patrons shall not have a temperature exceeding 48.89 degrees Celsius and shall be controlled by a device that regulates the temperature, and patrons shall not have access to this device;
• (i) a total volume air change of ten times per hour shall be provided for all tub, shower or bath rooms;
• (j) common foot baths shall not be provided on the premises;
• (k) duckboards or cocoa matting shall not be used in the shower, bath or steam room and only liquid or powdered soap shall be used in the shower room; Revised: November 2023 C:\Users\apepper\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.Outlook\38JEUW0B\Business Licensing 07-170 Consolidated (November 2023).docx
• (l) a notice shall be posted advising all patrons that a cleansing shower or bath must be taken by every person immediately prior to any body-rub being performed upon that person;
• (m) every person immediately after taking a shower shall be provided with a fresh, clean, individual pair of paper slippers;
• (n) every table, mat or other surface upon which persons lie or sit while being given or provided with a body-rub shall be clean and in good repair, and shall have a top surface of impervious material;
• (o) every table, mat or other surface referred to in paragraph (n), before any person receives a body-rub thereon, shall be covered with a fresh, clean individual paper or cloth sheet;
• (p) every sheet or towel, immediately after being used by any person, shall be deposited in a receptacle reserved for that purpose and shall not be utilized again for any purpose before being freshly laundered; and
• (q) all massage or body-rub appliances and any other article or device applied to a customer’s body for or in connection with body-rubs shall be cleansed and disinfected after each individual use with a suitable disinfecting solution and no such appliance, article or device shall be used or available for use in a body-rub parlour

unless it is so constructed as to be readily capable of being so cleansed or disinfected. 21.(1) No owner, operator or body-rubber shall perform or permit to be performed a body-rub in any body-rub parlour by or upon any person whom he or she has reasonable cause to suspect has been exposed to or is suffering from any communicable disease including any communicable skin disease.