§486N-2 - Exemptions.

     [§486N-2]  Exemptions.  This chapter shall not apply to:

     (1)  Any nonprofit organization;

     (2)  Any person operating a business primarily for the purpose of teaching a form of self-defense or dance as an art;

     (3)  Any private club owned and operated by its members;

     (4)  Any medically related service performed by a doctor legally authorized to practice medicine or osteopathy in the State, in a private office, clinic, or hospital;

     (5)  The State or any of its political subdivisions;

     (6)  Any health club which began offering health club contracts or any other contracts in the State prior to December 31, 1969; or

     (7)  Any club whose function as a health club is only incidental to its overall function and purpose, and whose covered floor space devoted to the maintenance or development of physical fitness or well-being through physical exercise comprises less than thirty-five per cent of the total covered floor space of the club available to members. [L 1984, c 161, pt of §1]