9.20.140 Registration of licensees and employees.

A. Every licensee and employee shall be registered with the sheriff on the forms provided by the sheriff, which shall include the following as a minimum, plus such other information as the sheriff may, from time to time, deem necessary. A referral slip or request for registration from a house of prostitution shall accompany the registration form for a prospective employee :

1. The name, age, address, sex, physical description, social security number, date of birth of the licensee or employee ;

2. Full disclosure of all assumed or fictitious names used ;

3. A photograph and full set of fingerprints taken by the sheriff ;

4. Complete employment record of employees for the preceding five years ;

5. All addresses of employees for the preceding five years ;

6. A list of all prior arrests, prior convictions of the employee, which list shall include a statement of each offense, the place and date of its occurrence, and/or date and place of convictions ;

7. Each prostitute shall have a current and valid health certificate provided by a physician duly licensed by the state ;

8. The form shall include a waiver to be signed by the employee, allowing the past employment and criminal records of the employee to be open for examination by the properly designated authorities of the county. A waiver, by employees, shall include any physician-patient privilege with respect to medical records as may exist.

B. The sheriff shall investigate, through all available means, the accuracy of all information supplied by the employee on the registration form and shall require that each employee furnish him with sufficient means of identification.

C. No person shall be employed by the licensee in connection with the licensed operation who :

1. Has ever been convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude ;

2. Has made any intentional false statement or omission in the registration form ;

3. Is under twenty-one years of age.

D. If upon examining the registration form and conducting his investigation, the sheriff finds the registrant to be suitable for license or employment in a house of prostitution, a house of prostitution registration card shall be issued to the registrant, and shall contain :

1. Names, age, and physical description ;

2. Photograph and signature of the cardholder ;

3. Name of the house of prostitution where the person is employed ;

E. No employee shall work in a licensed house of prostitution until first having received a registration card and having such card in the employee's personal possession during hours when the employee is in the house of prostitution. The licensee shall maintain a current, accurate list of employees.

F. A registration shall be valid for only the employee's current place of employment and must be renewed quarterly. Upon a change of employment from one house of prostitution to another, an employee must reregister and be issued a new registration card for the new place of employment.

G. A registration card for licensee(s) shall be renewed quarterly.

H. A fee as required in this chapter shall accompany the registration for each calendar quarter, or any portion thereof, and for each reregistration. (Ord. 129 (part), 1988)