The short answer for Utah. The supervisor, within scope.
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 Utah against primary sources, and says so plainly where a question is unsettled.
Who may perform the good faith exam in Utah
The supervisor, within scope.
Medical director. A cosmetic medical procedure supervisor: a physician with an unrestricted licence under the Medical Practice Act, or an APRN with an unrestricted licence under the Nurse Practice Act, acting within scope.
Delegation and supervision. Statutory delegation groups. Group A includes PAs under the Utah Physician Assistant Act, RNs, MASTER ESTHETICIANS and electrologists evaluating for or performing laser hair removal. Supervision must be of the person performing the procedure WHILE they perform it.
The gate that catches operators in Utah
The procedure may only be performed in a COSMETIC MEDICAL FACILITY — Utah regulates the venue, not just the act. Ablative procedures may not be delegated to anyone not licensed under the Medical or Osteopathic Practice Acts, subject to limited APRN exceptions.
Master esthetician is a licence category most states do not have, and it changes who can legally be on your rota.
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 Utah as everywhere else, and they are where most exam processes actually break — not on the licence question, but on documentation nobody kept.
How Utah sits on structure
Corporate practice of medicine. Utah does not restrict ownership. It writes down, in detail, who may do what and where.
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 Utah for the structure side.
What MDside provides in Utah
- Utah-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 Utah, matched to the services actually on your menu.
- A named Utah 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 Utah 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 Utah?
The supervisor, within scope.
Can the exam be done by telehealth in Utah?
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 Utah require a physician medical director?
A cosmetic medical procedure supervisor: a physician with an unrestricted licence under the Medical Practice Act, or an APRN with an unrestricted licence under the Nurse Practice Act, acting within scope.
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 Utah: Utah Code § 58-1-505; Utah Physician Assistant Act; Medical Practice Act; Osteopathic Medical Practice Act. Last reviewed 2026-09-03. Corrections are welcome and get made: contact us.
General information about good faith exams and practice structure in Utah, not legal advice. Requirements differ by state and change often. Confirm your obligations with healthcare counsel licensed in Utah.