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Legal Issues

California Bill could Put non-Physician Owned MedSpas out of Business

April 16, 2008 | 6

URGENT UPDATE (4-16-08) AB 2398 COSMETIC REGULATION (Submitted by Norman C. Davis, Esq.) The Business & Professions Committee of the State Assembly held a bill hearing on April 9, 2008 at which time the proposed AB 2398 (Amended April 1, 2008) was presented to the Committee. Unfortunately, following a brief discussion and only a few […]

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Key Legal Issues for Medical Spas and Aesthetic Medical Practices

March 19, 2008 | 0

Key Legal Issues for Medical Spas and Aesthetic Medical Practices Aesthetic medicine requires careful attention to the intersection of corporate practice of medicine, licensing, anti-kickback and fee-splitting considerations, and other legal and regulatory issues. This overview will help you better understand the legal implications of opening a medical spa. Both physicians who want to either […]

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United States: Botox® At the Mall? A Look At Medical Spas Under California Law

March 1, 2008 | 0

Medical Spas seem to be popping up all over these days. More and more Southern Californians, both men and women, view a Botox ® injection or laser hair reduction as a cosmetic treatment rather than as a medical procedure. Likewise, people are willing to obtain these services in the same settings they use for pedicures—in […]

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Physician Advertising

July 10, 2007 | 0

Physicians are certainly at a disadvantage when advertising compared to non-physician MedSpa owners. Many State medical boards severely restrict physician advertising. For example in California, physicians cannot “disseminate or cause to be disseminated any form of public communication containing a false, fraudulent, misleading, or deceptive statement, claim, or image for the purpose of or likely […]

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