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• ORANGE COUNTY HILLSBOROUGH NORTH CAROLINA -Managet'l qt. E.,tatisfied 7752 August 14, 1985 To Orange County Massage Therapists: Enclosed please find the revised Resolution and Ordinance concerning massage and massage establishnents, which, if adopted by the Orange County Board of Commissioners will apply to those areas of the County which are not within municipal boundaries. • The Resolution and Ordinance will be considered at a public hearing scheduled for August 20, 1985, at 7:30 p.m. in Chapel Pill at the Old Ebst Office (A copy of the notice of the hearing, which is being published in the newspapers, is also enclosed.) The operating procedures of the Board of Commissioners provide that an item should not be considered for decision at the same fleeting as the public hearing, so that the earliest date for,decision would be at the regular meeting of the Commissioners scheduled for September 3, 1985. The Ordinance has been amended in the light of comments received by the Board when the previous version was discussed on June 18, 1985. The Ordinance has been revised in the following aspects: (1) Those persons administering massage are referred to throughout as 'massager practitioners'. (2) Scope (Section 1-2). A sentence has been added recognizing that the therapeutic application of massage is one of the oldest heal- ing arts, and can provide many benefits. (3) Licensing of Massage Practitioners (Section 1-4). All references to "health" certification and procedures therefor have been removed. (4) Fees (Sections 1-3E, 1-4F and 1-11). The proposed fee structure provides for initial fees of $75 for massage business operators and $50 for massage practitioners, with annual fees for the second and subsequent years being $15 for operators and $10 for practitioners. A sole practitioner shall only be required to pay the privilege license fees prescribed for a massage business operator.