What's happening
This bill requires massage therapist offices to keep street-facing lobby or entrance windows unobstructed and clearly visible from outside.
Why it matters
Increases transparency and monitoring. By requiring the lobby or entrance windows of massage therapist offices to remain unobstructed, the bill aims to deter illegal or inappropriate activities by making it easier for law enforcement and the public to see inside.
Impacts business operations and privacy. Massage therapist offices may need to alter current window coverings or displays, potentially reducing privacy for clients and staff in the entrance areas and affecting how businesses present themselves to the street.
Targets industry reputation and safety. The measure seeks to distinguish legitimate massage therapy practices from illicit operations, which can improve public trust in the profession and potentially enhance the safety of both clients and practitioners.
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Make Massage Entrances Visible
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- Referred to economic development
- Referred to economic development
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STATE OF NEW YORK
639
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 9, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. M. G. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring the lobby or entrance of a licensed massage therapist office on be clearly visible from the outside
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new article 28-F to read as follows:
ARTICLE 28-F
LICENSED MASSAGE THERAPIST OFFICES Section 491. Licensed massage therapists; office requirements.
§ 491. Licensed massage therapists; office requirements. A premises used for the licensed practice of massage therapy, as defined in section seventy-eight hundred one of the education law, shall keep any street facing windows in a lobby or entrance clear of material that obstructs the view from the outside.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03108-01-7
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