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4-23-505 Exemptions. The permit requirements of this Chapter shall not apply to the following classes of individuals and businesses while engaged in the performance of the duties of their respective professions: (a) Physicians, surgeons, chiropractors, osteopaths, podiatrists, physical therapists, nurses, or any other person licensed to practice any healing art under the provisions of Division 2 (commencing with Section 500) of the Business and Professions Code when engaging in such practice within the scope of his or her license; (b) Trainers of any amateur, semi-professional, or professional athlete or athletic team, so long as such persons do not practice massage as their primary occupation at any location where they provide such services in the City; (c) Barbers, estheticians and cosmetologists who are duly licensed under the laws of the State of California, while engaging in practices within the scope of their licenses; (d) Individuals in the City temporarily for educational events or disaster relief; (e) Individuals administering massages or health treatments involving massage to persons participating in road races, track meets, triathlons, educational events, conferences or similar single -occurrence athletic, recreational, or educational events; (f) Somatic technicians who use no physical touch of any kind at any time in their practice; (g) Enrolled students of an "approved school" or "approved massage school," as defined in Business and Professions Code Section 4601(a), when they are performing massage within the City as part of a formal supervised internship or training program operated by the school, without compensation other than school credit, on the premises of a massage establishment duly authorized to operate pursuant to the terms of this Chapter; and provided that the operator has first notified the Permit Administrator in writing of the name, residence address, and school of the students and the dates of the trainings. 4-23-510 Violations a misdemeanor and a nuisance. Any massage provided or massage establishment operated, conducted, or maintained contrary to the provisions of this Chapter shall be, and the same is hereby declared to be, a misdemeanor and a public nuisance, and the City Attorney may, in addition to or in lieu of prosecuting a criminal action hereunder, commence an action or actions, proceeding or proceedings, for the abatement, removal and enjoinment thereof, in the manner provided by law. Such remedies shall be in addition to any other judicial and administrative penalties and remedies available to the City under this Code or State or Federal law.