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Utah Code § 58-47b-501.1

Unlawful conduct -- Massage establishments

Enacted by Chapter 236, 2025 General Session

"Unlawful conduct" for a massage establishment includes:

(1) operation without a valid registration;

(2) use of a registered massage establishment as housing, sheltering, or for harboring any individual;

(3) performance of massage services by an individual who is not licensed or exempt;

(4) performance of:

(a) massage services without the individual performing the massage being fully clothed; or

(b) a sexual act;

(5) arrangement for a sexual act;

(6) use or the possession of adult-oriented merchandise while at the registered massage establishment;

(7) advertisement on a sexually oriented website;

(8) advertisement of services in a manner that may be reasonably construed as sexual in nature;

(9) refusal of inspection by the division as authorized under Section 58-47b-601;

(10) arrangement or allowance of any of the unlawful acts described in Section 58-47b-501;

(11) failure to immediately report to a local police department any disorderly conduct, sexual acts, or other criminal activity occurring on or within the registered massage establishment's premises;

(12) concealment of an individual in the massage establishment;

(13) refusal to provide identification to inspectors or law enforcement; or

(14) attempt to elude an inspector by leaving the massage establishment or remaining behind locked doors in the massage establishment during an inspection.

Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.