Decision details
Massage and Special Treatment
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Decision:
The Cabinet considered a report of the Deputy Chief Executive (Place) updating the standard conditions used to grant and renew the licences for persons carrying on establishments for massage or special treatments under the Essex Act 1987 and proposing the adoption of best practice Codes of Practice specific to the different treatments being offered.
Recommended:
1. That the Council specifies in each Massage or Special Treatment Licence the updated Conditions and the Codes of Practice relevant to each type of operation. In doing so, the Council is thereby approving the appropriate Code of Practice for each type of licence.
2. That the Codes of Practice continue to be updated in line with best practice and emerging new treatments.
Reasons for decisions:
To continue to maintain best practice and keep pace with the development of new treatments which are licensable under the Essex Act 1987 for massage or special treatment.
Other options:
To continue with the existing conditions in these establishments.
Note: This is a Council Function.
Eligible for call-in to: Place Scrutiny Committee
Executive Councillor: Cllr Cox
Report author: Carl Robinson
Publication date: 16/03/2018
Date of decision: 13/03/2018
Decided at meeting: 13/03/2018 - Cabinet
Effective from: 24/03/2018
This decision has been called in by:
- Councillor Helen McDonald who writes For consideration by Place Scrutiny Committee"
- Councillor Julian Ware-Lane who writes For consideration by Place Scrutiny Committee"
Accompanying Documents:
- Massage and Special Treatment - Report of Deputy Chief Executive (Place) PDF 157 KB
- Appendix 1 Massage and Special Treatment Conditions - FINAL Version PDF 78 KB
- Appendix 2 Code of Practice 1 Massage Aromatherapy and Reflexology - FINAL PDF 169 KB
- Appendix 3 Code of Practice 2 LASER IPL ILS Conditions for SBC - FINAL PDF 165 KB
- Appendix 4 Code of Practice 3 U V light treatments SBC May2015 - FINAL PDF 86 KB
- Appendix 5 Code of Practice 4 Sauna and Steam rooms for SBC May 2015 - FINAL PDF 81 KB
- Appendix 6 Code of Practice 5 Spa pools for SBC may 2015 - FINAL PDF 103 KB
- Appendix 7 Code of Practice 6 Electric and Electric Vapour Treatment - FINAL PDF 169 KB
- Appendix 8 - Consultation Responses V2 - FINAL PDF 183 KB
- Appendix 9 Massage and Special Treatments Explained - FINAL PDF 134 KB