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Directing the Department of Safety and Inspections to revoke the Massage Practitioner license against Ruth Sharon Atherly d/b/a Ruth Sharon Atherly, (License ID #20240000111) for the premises located at 621 Cleveland Avenue South.
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WHEREAS, on September 9th, 2025, Notice of Violation and Request for Revocation of License (“Notice”) (Exhibit #1), was sent to Ruth Sharon Atherly d/b/a Ruther Sharon Atherly (“Licensee”) in which the Department of Safety and Inspections (“Department”) provided notice to the Licensee of its intent to move forward with adverse action and revoke the License for failure to renew the License and pay the $500 matrix penalty, consistent with Saint Paul Legislative Code. § 310.03(b); and
WHEREAS, the Notice laid out the basis for adverse action and the Legislative Code upon which the Department was relying as follows:
Saint Paul Legislative Code § 310.01, defines “Adverse Action” as:
“the revocation or suspension of a license, the imposition of conditions upon a license, the denial of an application of the grant, issuance or renewal of a license, the imposition of a fine, the assessment of the costs of a contested hearing, and any other disciplinary or unfavorable action taken with respect to a license, licensee, or applicant for a license. Adverse action includes any of the foregoing directed at one (1) or more licenses held by a licensee at any location in the city. Adverse action also includes disapproval of licenses issued by the state under statutory provisions which permit the governing body to disapprove the issuance of the license.”
Saint Paul Legislative Code § 310.02(1)(e)(5) describes how a license can be revoked if the Director of the Department finds there is an issue with the renewal of a license:
“Revocation or suspension. If the director determines that the renewal application for the renewal of a license does not meet all of the requirements of law or that there exist gro...
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