Chesterfield County Police Department, Office of the Chief of Police

Massage Clinic / Massage Therapist Permit

No person may perform a massage for consideration in Chesterfield County unless the therapist holds both a Virginia massage-therapist license and a county permit, and, at a clinic, the clinic itself also holds a county massage clinic permit (Code § 15-92). These permits are issued by the Chief of Police, not the Health Department or the Commissioner of the Revenue. Applicants pay the county treasurer $100 for a massage clinic permit and $30 for a licensed massage therapist permit initially, and $50 and $30 respectively to renew, with each permit expiring three years after issuance (Code § 15-101(a)). The Chief of Police may refer an application to the building, health, fire or zoning departments for input before deciding it (Code § 15-102), and a permit is non-transferable and may be revoked or suspended for cause (Code §§ 15-104, 15-105). This requirement is separate from, and in addition to, the BPOL 'massage therapists and massage clinic operators' tax classification recorded in the BPOL percentage-tax record above — one is a Chief-of-Police permit under Chapter 15, the other a revenue classification under Chapter 6, and neither substitutes for the other. The county's own Business License Classification Affidavit (Q12) independently confirms this permit requirement by asking a massage-parlor applicant to submit a copy of their Chesterfield Police Department permit.