The short answer for Connecticut. An initial IN-PERSON assessment by that named provider. This is the clause that rules out a purely remote model for new patients.
A good faith exam is a clinical evaluation by a licensed provider, before treatment, establishing that the treatment is appropriate for that patient. What differs between states is who is allowed to perform it, whether it may happen remotely, and what has to be documented. This page sets out what we have verified for Connecticut against primary sources, and says so plainly where a question is unsettled.
Who may perform the good faith exam in Connecticut
An initial IN-PERSON assessment by that named provider. This is the clause that rules out a purely remote model for new patients.
Medical director. A named provider — physician, PA or APRN — licensed and ACTIVELY PRACTISING in Connecticut, with demonstrable training or experience in cosmetic procedures.
Delegation and supervision. Only licensed persons may diagnose, treat or prescribe. An RN works within scope under a valid order.
The gate that catches operators in Connecticut
An inactive or out-of-state licence does not satisfy the named-provider requirement, and general licensure is not the training test.
Two provisions pull in different directions and both are true. Which governs depends on the entity you actually use, which is the question to settle first.
What makes the exam defensible
Nobody is ever asked to produce a good faith exam on a good day. The request arrives after a complication, a board complaint, an insurance audit or a buyer’s diligence. Five things decide whether what you hand over helps you:
- A qualified practitioner, permitted in that state, actually performed it.
- A real evaluation happened — history, indications, contraindications, and a decision.
- The treatment plan and the order are specific: drug or device, site, dose or settings.
- Informed consent was taken and recorded before treatment, not after.
- The record still exists, unaltered and retrievable, two years later when somebody asks.
Only the first of those is state-specific. The other four fail in exactly the same way in Connecticut as everywhere else, and they are where most exam processes actually break — not on the licence question, but on documentation nobody kept.
How Connecticut sits on structure
Corporate practice of medicine. The med spa itself need not be physician-owned. A professional corporation rendering the service must have shareholders licensed in that same service.
The exam and the structure are separate questions and they fail separately. A perfectly documented exam performed inside an entity that may not lawfully deliver the service is still a problem, and a clean entity does not save a rubber-stamped exam. See medical direction in Connecticut for the structure side.
What MDside provides in Connecticut
- Connecticut-licensed physicians performing the exam themselves — not a queue of signatures.
- A written evaluation, treatment plan and order per patient, in a record you keep and can export.
- Protocols and delegation written to Connecticut, matched to the services actually on your menu.
- A named Connecticut medical director doing the work, where your structure needs one.
- 503A and 503B pharmacy relationships and in-house lab draws where the treatment calls for them.
Book a call and we will read your current exam process against the five tests above, in Connecticut and any other state you operate in. The review is free and you are not obliged to use us for the fix.
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Frequently asked questions
Who can perform a good faith exam in Connecticut?
An initial IN-PERSON assessment by that named provider. This is the clause that rules out a purely remote model for new patients.
Can the exam be done by telehealth in Connecticut?
That depends on the state rule above and on the treatment. Where we have verified a restriction it is stated on this page; where the position is unsettled we say so rather than guess, and we confirm it with the board before you build a remote funnel.
Does Connecticut require a physician medical director?
A named provider — physician, PA or APRN — licensed and ACTIVELY PRACTISING in Connecticut, with demonstrable training or experience in cosmetic procedures.
What happens if the exam is not documented?
The exam effectively did not happen. In a complaint, an audit or a sale, an undocumented evaluation is treated as no evaluation — which is why the record, not the call, is the thing you are actually buying.
Primary sources for Connecticut: CGS § 19a-903c; CGS § 20-9; CGS § 33-182a. Last reviewed 2026-09-03. Corrections are welcome and get made: contact us.
General information about good faith exams and practice structure in Connecticut, not legal advice. Requirements differ by state and change often. Confirm your obligations with healthcare counsel licensed in Connecticut.