§ 30-587. Grounds.

The following acts or omissions are declared to be in violation of this article and, when committed by an escort service, escort or telephone operator employed by the escort service, constitute grounds for suspension or revocation of a license or permit issued under this subdivision to the escort service which employs the violator or to the violator:

(1)

The committing or solicitation to commit any lewd acts, sexual misconduct, sexual perversion or unlawful homosexual acts engaged in by escorts, including but not limited to the following: Exposing, touching, caressing or fondling of genitals, anus, vulva, pubic hair or nipples of female breasts; masturbation; oral copulation, cunnilingus or fellatio; sodomy; bestiality; sadomasochistic abuse; flagellation or torture in the context of sexual relationship; any unnatural carnal copulation by a human being with another of the same or opposite sex.

(2)

Prostitution, pandering or solicitation to perform a natural or unnatural sex act by escorts.

(3)

Making false statements in writing on the application for a license issued under this article.

(4)

Allowing persons below the age of 17 years to be on the premises of an escort service establishment or to be employed by an escort service.

(5)

Any act of disturbance of the peace at the escort service premises or at the location of any escort appointment. For purposes of this section, disturbing the peace is defined as the performance of any of the following acts:

a.

To communicate to another person a threat, either verbally, in writing or through any other form of communication, to kill or murder him or to do him great bodily harm or threatening to kill, murder or do great bodily harm to members of his family or to any other person to whom the threat is communicated.

b.

To address any words to any person who is lawfully in a public place where such words, which, by their very utterance, inflict injury and have a direct tendency to cause acts of violence by the person to whom individually the remark is addressed.

c.

To address language to any person that makes reference to the person addressed as having sexual intercourse with himself or with another where such language inflicts injury, insults or causes acts of violence by the person to whom the language is addressed or is intended to inflict injury, insult or cause acts of violence.

(6)

Violation of any of the provisions of this article.

(7)

The presence of a person at the escort service establishment premises who engages in escort appointments and does not have a valid escort permit.

(8)

The presence of a person on the escort service premises who answers the business telephone of the escort service and does not have a valid telephone operator permit.

(9)

The negotiation of any escort service appointment by a telephone operator with a customer that alludes to, suggests or in any way discusses services described in subsection (1) or (2) of this section.

(10)

The sending of an escort who does not possess a valid permit on an escort appointment.

(11)

Failure to obtain a valid occupational license.

(Code 1956, § 22A-7)