One clause in WAC 246-919-606 quietly disqualifies the absentee medical director: you cannot delegate a procedure you were never trained to perform.
Washington Will Not Let You Delegate a Procedure You Cannot Do Read More »
Washington splits the IV into two acts: placing the line and administering the drug. A medical assistant-certified can do one of them without a practitioner watching.
Who May Start an IV in a Washington Med Spa Read More »
Georgia has no med spa license and no state registry, which makes it look easy. Then you hire a fifth nurse practitioner and discover the statute that decides your growth plan.
Georgia Med Spas: The Four-APRN Cap Nobody Plans For Read More »
Arizona grants nurse practitioners full practice authority. An NP can own the clinic, prescribe, and be their own clinical lead. Here is what that changes, and the four times you still want a physician.
Arizona May Not Require You to Have a Medical Director Read More »
Illinois owners budget for the corporate practice of medicine and then get sued over a facial-analysis camera. BIPA is the only statute of its kind in the country, and a med spa is a near-perfect defendant.
Illinois Med Spas Have Two Compliance Problems, and One Is BIPA Read More »
Since 2016 Tennessee has maintained a public online registry of medical spas listing the supervising physician and their license number. That one design choice changes the whole directorship calculus.
Tennessee Publishes Your Medical Director’s Name Read More »
Who may own the business and who may perform the treatments are different questions with different answers. Ownership by license type, scope, and the sequence to follow.
Who Can Own and Operate a Med Spa in New York Read More »
A New York medical director carries personal exposure through OPMC, and cannot be paid a percentage of revenue. What the agreement must do and what drives the fee.
Medical Director for a New York Med Spa: Agreement, Cost, and Fee Structure Read More »
Article after article says Texas closed the med spa loophole in 2026. SB 378 was vetoed on June 2, 2025 and never became law. Here is what actually governs Texas.
No, Texas Did Not Ban Med Spa Injectables: What Actually Happened to SB 378 Read More »
Texas runs on delegation, and verbal delegation is not recognized. What has to be in writing, why an NP cannot be your medical director, and where practices fall short.
Texas Med Spa Delegation: Written Protocols, Supervision, and Who May Inject Read More »
Florida does not broadly ban corporate practice of medicine — the real gate is AHCA clinic licensure. What a Florida medical director must be, and what they are responsible for.
Florida Med Spa Medical Director Requirements (2026) Read More »
IV therapy looks like wellness and is regulated as medicine. What a Florida IV hydration or mobile IV business needs: orders, standing orders, and AHCA posture.
Florida IV Hydration Clinics: Medical Director, Standing Orders, and AHCA Read More »