RI H5351: Mandates cosmetic medical procedures be performed by a physician, PA, APRN, or delegated to a qualified non-physician, non-PA or non-APRN under the supervision of a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse.
Major changes in who can perform cosmetic procedures in RI med spas.
What changed & why it matters
Med Spa Radar recorded state legislation in RI, dated June 30, 2025, in the Scope of Practice category.
State legislation is where scope-of-practice, supervision, good-faith-exam, ownership, and med-spa-licensure rules change — the requirements that most directly govern who may perform aesthetic procedures and under what oversight. It is specific to RI, whose med-spa requirements are set by RI statute and its licensing boards — distinct from federal rules and from every other state.
- Type
- LegiScan
- Jurisdiction
- RI (state)
- Category
- Scope of Practice
- Recorded
- June 30, 2025
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Related alerts
- RI S0976: Mandates cosmetic medical procedures be performed by a physician, PA, APRN, or delegated to a qualified non-physician, non-PA or non-APRN under the supervision of a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse.
- RI S2870: Provides that the performance of cosmetic medical services is the practice of medicine and surgery.
- RI H8296: Provides that the performance of cosmetic medical services is the practice of medicine and surgery.
- RI H7820: Provides that licensed health care facilities be prohibited from using a patients photograph for any office use.
See all Rhode Island med spa regulations →
Monitoring, not legal advice.