Summary:

Aesthetic medicine requires careful attention to the intersection of the 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 open a medical spa or add aesthetic medical procedures to their existing practice, and entrepreneurs who want to either open a medical spa or incorporate aesthetic medical procedures to a wellness center, can benefit from a better understanding of some of key legal issues involved. These legal issues are common to a variety of practices and organizations that offer emerging therapies beyond conventional medical care, whether in a medical spa or dermal clinic, a holistic health care facility, a wellness center, or an ‘integrative medicine clinic’ that includes complementary and alternative medical treatments (such as acupuncture, massage therapy, and dietary supplement recommendations) in its patient care.

This information has been taken from part of the course curriculum that will be taught at the International Association for Physicians in Aesthetic Medicine’s 2-day Aesthetic Medicine Symposium.