Moore, OK Business Licensing & Operations: Massage Establishments (2026)

Article 9-12B, Division 2 licenses massage establishments separately from individual massage therapists. Sec. 9-1221 bars owning, controlling, or managing "an establishment for massaging any person" without first securing a license, one per place of business. Sec. 9-1222 requires an application listing every therapist and the manager, plus fingerprints retained by the police chief and a state criminal history report no more than 30 days old for each employee, licensee, and therapist. Sec. 9-1223 requires a city inspection of the location before licensing, and Sec. 9-1224 conditions issuance on waterproof tubs, showers, and steam rooms built to city plumbing code, floor drains in wet and dry heat rooms, sterilizing equipment for reusable tools, separated clean and soiled linen storage, and code-compliant toilets and lavatories.

Sec. 9-1225 lets the city deny a license for an unpaid fee, zoning or health noncompliance, a felony conviction for violence, sexual misconduct, or narcotics within five years, false statements, or a license denial or revocation elsewhere in the last five years. Sec. 9-1227 bars transferring the license, and Sec. 9-1229 requires it be displayed prominently on the premises. Sec. 9-1230 allows revocation or suspension after at least ten days' notice, including for sanitation problems found by the county health department, and Sec. 9-1231 lets the licensee appeal to the city council within ten days. Sec. 9-1301 makes any violation of the chapter punishable under the general penalty, Sec. 1-108.