The esthetics license ends at the surface of the skin. Injections never cross that line, microneedling rarely does, and laser hair removal crosses it only with a second credential or a physician.
What Can an Esthetician Do? Botox, Microneedling and Laser, State by State Read More »
Most directorship contracts describe a signature. The one that holds up describes a job, a fixed fee for it, and the physician’s power to say no.
What a Med Spa Medical Director Agreement Must Say: A Clause-by-Clause Checklist Read More »
A dentist may be allowed to inject the lips. Directing a med spa means directing medicine for the whole menu, and that sits on a different license.
Can a Dentist Be a Med Spa Medical Director? Usually Not, and the Reason Is Scope Read More »
There is no code for a good faith exam. There is a code for what the examiner found, and the chart has to support it whether or not a claim is ever filed.
Two questions hide inside this one. Who may own the business is a state-by-state answer. Who may order the treatment has the same answer everywhere, and it is not the RN.
Can a Registered Nurse Open a Med Spa? Ownership Depends on the State. Orders Do Not. Read More »
Colorado wrote its corporate practice rule into the statute, down to who holds the shares and where they work. A 2026 bill to open med spa ownership died in committee.
Who May Own a Colorado Med Spa Practice: The Professional Service Corporation Rule Read More »
Colorado’s delegation rule runs on a calendar. On site every two weeks, every chart within 14 days, over the shoulder once a year, and a physician physically in the state.
A Michigan nurse practitioner can sign a semaglutide prescription alone. The same NP cannot supervise your laser, delegate an injection, or prescribe testosterone without a physician.
Can a nurse practitioner be a med spa medical director in Michigan? Read More »
California’s Attorney General now says the MSO’s right to replace the physician-owner is the violation, whether or not anyone ever uses it.
A vitamin in the vial does not make a copy into something else. A prescriber’s reason, written for one patient, does. FDA has now said which one it is looking at.
Alabama has a whole chapter on weight-loss prescribing. It splits your menu in two: scheduled drugs belong to the physician, in the building. The rest can go to a CRNP or PA, with conditions.
Alabama weight-loss prescribing: phentermine is physician-only, GLP-1s are not Read More »
Alabama does not license laser technicians. It ranks them, counts their supervised cases, and decides from the count how close your physician has to stand.
Alabama sorts laser operators into two levels and counts their cases Read More »
