Legal Issues
California Bill could Put non-Physician Owned MedSpas out of Business
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 […]
Key Legal Issues for Medical Spas and Aesthetic Medical Practices
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 […]
United States: Botox® At the Mall? A Look At Medical Spas Under California Law
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 […]
Physician Advertising
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 […]
