Terms Used In Alabama Code 45-2-40.12

  • establishment: shall mean a place of business or operation of any kind. See Alabama Code 45-2-40.01
  • massage parlor: shall mean any establishment, building, room, or place other than a regularly licensed hospital, medical clinic, nursing home, or dispensary, the offices of a physician, a surgeon, or an osteopath, where nonmedical, nonsurgical, nonosteopathic, and nonchiropractic manipulative exercises, massages, or procedures are practiced upon the human body, or any part thereof, for other than cosmetic or beautifying purposes, with or without the use of mechanical or other devices, by anyone not a physician, surgeon, osteopath, or chiropractor or of a similarly registered status, and shall include any place where baths, exercises, or similar services are offered. See Alabama Code 45-2-40.01
  • person: shall include a firm, partnership, association of persons, corporation, organization, or any other group acting as a unit. See Alabama Code 45-2-40.01

It shall be unlawful for any masseur, masseuse, attendant, or person employed in a massage parlor within the county to massage or in any way touch the genital organs of another in connection with any massage or other service rendered by the establishment. It shall be unlawful for any person to advertise or offer any massage or physical touching of the genital organs of another in connection with such a massage.