# Subdivision 3. Minimum Standards

Codified through Bill No. CB-018-2026, adopted May 12, 2026, effective July 24, 2026. Source: Municode, Supplement 2026 Update 2. Editorial notes and legislative history omitted.

## Subdivision 3. Minimum Standards

### Sec. 5-184.12. Massage establishment facilities

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 5-184.12 (2026)

(a) Massage establishment facilities shall be located in a proper zoning district as specified in the Zoning Ordinance, Subtitle 27, Prince George's County Code.

(b) Massage establishment facilities shall comply with all requirements of the Building Code, Subtitle 4, Prince George's County Code, as amended. Sanitary toilet facilities will be required as provided in the Mercantile Table, P1201.1 of the Basic Plumbing Code (1970). At least one separate shower will be required for each massage technician employed in the establishment at any given time. At least one (1) hand basin will be required in each room in which massages are administered. All required facilities will be located within the premises of the establishment, and for the exclusive use of the establishment.

(c) A recognizable and legible sign shall be posted at the main entrance identifying the premises as a massage establishment. Any sign shall comply with the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance, Subtitle 27, Prince George's County Code.

### Sec. 5-184.13. Massage establishment hygiene

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 5-184.13 (2026)

(a) All walls, ceilings, floors, pools, showers, bathtubs, steam rooms, hand basins and all other physical facilities for the massage establishment must be in good repair and maintained in a clean and sanitary condition. Wet and dry heat rooms, steam or vapor rooms, or steam or vapor cabinets, shower compartments, bathtubs, hand basins and toilet rooms shall be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected at least once each day the business is in operation, and more often as needed.

(b) Clean and sanitary towels and linens shall be provided for each patron of the establishment. No common or repeated use of unlaundered towels or linens shall be permitted. Cabinets for the storage of clean linen shall be required, and shall be kept clean and sanitary.

(c) No massage establishment shall serve any patron when the skin of the patron is inflamed or erupted or infested with parasites unless the patron submits a certificate from a duly licensed physician to the County Health Officer stating that such inflammation or eruption or infestation is not communicable.

(d) Every massage technician shall cleanse his or her hands thoroughly with soap and hot running water immediately before serving each patron.

(e) All facilities must be within the premises of the massage establishment and for the exclusive use of the establishment, except the drinking fountain and the service sink, which must be on the same floor.

(f) The massage establishment shall maintain a registry of all customers or patrons of the establishment. The establishment shall require every customer or patron, on every occasion when the customer or patron makes use of the facilities or services of the establishment, to present positive identification and to sign the registry, stating his residence address and telephone number.

### Sec. 5-184.14. Display of licenses and ordinances

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 5-184.14 (2026)

(a) Every person to whom a massage establishment license shall have been granted shall display said massage establishment license in a conspicuous place in the massage establishment so that it may be readily seen by persons entering the premises.

(b) Every person to whom a manager's, operator's or massage technician's license shall have been granted shall, while in a massage establishment, display in a conspicuous place in the massage establishment said massage technician license or operator or manager license.

(c) A copy of the Massage Establishment Ordinance shall be displayed in a conspicuous place in the massage establishment so that it may be readily seen and read by persons entering the premises and employees of the establishment.

### Sec. 5-184.15. Right of entry; inspections

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 5-184.15 (2026)

The County Health Officer or his designee, the designees of the Fire Department, the Chief of Police, and the Department of Permitting, Inspections, and Enforcement are hereby authorized to enter, examine, and survey during business hours any premises in the County for which a massage establishment license has been issued pursuant to this Division for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Division, and for other official purposes. This Section shall not restrict or limit the right of entry vested in any law enforcement agency.