East Baton Rouge Parish, LA Business Licensing & Operations: Massage Establishments (2026)

Sec. " The sworn application under Sec. 9:1102 requires the business name and emergency contact number, a Louisiana State Police criminal background check reviewed by the Baton Rouge City Court Probation Division, a copy of the applicant's massage therapist or establishment license from the Louisiana Board of Massage Therapy, a copy of the city-parish occupational license, and the applicant's history of prior massage establishment ownership. 00 for two or more (Sec. 9:1103), renewed annually at the same rate (Sec. 1). Under the qualifications in Sec.

S. 37:3556 within the prior three years. A revoked registration cannot be reinstated for at least 30 days, and reinstatement requires a property inspection under the International Property Maintenance Code standard (Sec. 9:1109). Sec. 9:1108 separately bans lewd acts, sexual misconduct or sexual perversion inside any massage establishment, spelling out that urination or defecation outside provided facilities, along with a list of explicit sexual acts, counts as prohibited conduct.