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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 43. PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES · Chapter 24A. MASSAGE THERAPY PRACTICE · Article 2. LOCAL REGULATION

43-24A-32. Regulation and licensing of other businesses.

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

  2. (1)

    Licensing or regulating other businesses that are not massage therapy businesses;#

  3. (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;#

  4. (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#

  5. (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.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

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

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