Washoe County, NV Business Licensing & Operations: Massage Establishments (2026)

229 requires a massage business license before anyone operates, manages, or maintains a business where massages are performed, and the license is issued for a specific location, separate from any individual massage therapist's state license. 231 requires applicants to be at least 18 years old and to disclose massage-industry history, any prior license denials, revocations, or suspensions, and all criminal convictions other than misdemeanor traffic offenses. 239 lets the License Division deny, revoke, or refuse to renew the business license if the applicant was convicted in the past ten years of fraud, prostitution, solicitation, sexual assault, or indecent exposure, had a similar license revoked for the same reasons within the past five years, or is under 18.

244 bars a massage therapist or employee from touching the genital or anal area of any patron or the breasts of a female patron, requires the covered body areas to stay draped by a sheet, towel, or opaque clothing throughout the massage, and bars performing a massage on anyone under 18 unless a parent or guardian is present. 253 requires the premises to be supervised at all times when open, with at least one Nevada-licensed massage therapist on-site throughout business hours, and makes the business licensee responsible for any employee's violation of the chapter. 259 exempts licensed health care facilities and providers, and licensed barbers and cosmetologists performing their own licensed trade, from the massage business license requirement.