I heard it was last year. But i also looked in dph records and looks more like it was 2006. They dont suspend that often. Thank you. Thank you. In addressing the severity of the penalty, in fact, under the law, under both the ordinance and the regulations, the only penaltis that require a showing of prior violations in order to increase are the administrative fines. From the very first infraction the department of Public Health has the discretion to revoke a massage permit. The fact it hasnt in this case despite repeated violations, discovered both by the Public Health inspectors and in operations with the police is a gift. It is a gift from the department of Public Health that that permit will still exist after this hearing, if the decision here is upheld. I really dont think there is any ground to reduce the penalty. I think if anything, the penalty is still quite gracious. You have a repeat violator in front of you. She is unpreentent and keeps doing it. The attempts to nit pick wit
Of suspension or track record . Im not prepared to talk about all of dphs massage cases. I am prepared to talk about this one. I can have ed walsh talk about that one. He is the inspector. Okay. Would you like him to . If he is able to answer that question. Are you . Yes. Good evening commissioners. Im ed walsh, im the Senior Environmental Health inspector of the Massage Program for about 8. 5 years. I have 28 Years Experience as being a City Employee with the city and county of san francisco, as a health inspector. Regarding penalties for violations, we have a number of violations that we look for, and we fine people or suspend permits. Most common violations are practitioners without proper attire, practitioners that dont have licenses and for violations of employeing unlicensed practitioners. Those violations usually incur a fine of maybe 1,000 at the first offense and goes all the way up to 5,000 for the third repeat offense. In the twoyear period, we keep track of those violations
Im not prepared to talk about all of dphs massage cases. I am prepared to talk about this one. I can have ed walsh talk about that one. He is the inspector. Okay. Would you like him to . If he is able to answer that question. Are you . Yes. Good evening commissioners. Im ed walsh, im the Senior Environmental Health inspector of the Massage Program for about 8. 5 years. I have 28 Years Experience as being a City Employee with the city and county of San Francisco, as a health inspector. Regarding penalties for violations, we have a number of violations that we look for, and we fine people or suspend permits. Most common violations are practitioners without proper attire, practitioners that dont have licenses and for violations of employeing unlicensed practitioners. Those violations usually incur a fine of maybe 1,000 at the first offense and goes all the way up to 5,000 for the third repeat offense. In the twoyear period, we keep track of those violations and when we find them, we bring
Of suspension or track record . Im not prepared to talk about all of dphs massage cases. I am prepared to talk about this one. I can have ed walsh talk about that one. He is the inspector. Okay. Would you like him to . If he is able to answer that question. Are you . Yes. Good evening commissioners. Im ed walsh, im the Senior Environmental Health inspector of the Massage Program for about 8. 5 years. I have 28 Years Experience as being a City Employee with the city and county of San Francisco, as a health inspector. Regarding penalties for violations, we have a number of violations that we look for, and we fine people or suspend permits. Most common violations are practitioners without proper attire, practitioners that dont have licenses and for violations of employeing unlicensed practitioners. Those violations usually incur a fine of maybe 1,000 at the first offense and goes all the way up to 5,000 for the third repeat offense. In the twoyear period, we keep track of those violations