Can a non-physician own a med spa, state by state
The same question, answered for 6states from each state’s own law. States disagree on this, which is the point — an answer that is right in one is wrong next door. Every entry below is a statute or board rule we verified, most recently Aug 17, 2026.
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Arizona
Unlike strict-CPOM states, Arizona’s Medical Practice Act regulates individual licensees rather than business ownership.
A.R.S. §32-1401 · verified Jul 26, 2026
The full Arizona answer, with the rest of the section →California
California strongly bars the corporate practice of medicine. This is the opposite of a permissive-ownership state.
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §2400 · verified Jul 26, 2026
The full California answer, with the rest of the section →Florida
Florida has no strict corporate-practice-of-medicine ban. Non-physician ownership is instead gated by the Health Care Clinic Act.
Fla. Stat. §400.990 · verified Jul 26, 2026
The full Florida answer, with the rest of the section →Indiana
Indiana is comparatively permissive and does not impose a strict corporate-practice-of-medicine ban.
Ind. Code §25-22.5-1-2(c) · verified Jul 26, 2026
The full Indiana answer, with the rest of the section →New York
New York is a strict corporate-practice state. A general business corporation cannot practice medicine or employ physicians to do so; the compliant vehicle is a professional service corporation whose owners are themselves licensed.
N.Y. Educ. Law §6522 · verified Aug 17, 2026
The full New York answer, with the rest of the section →Texas
Texas follows the corporate-practice-of-medicine doctrine, derived from the Medical Practice Act’s licensure requirement rather than a single titled statute.
Tex. Occ. Code §155.001 · verified Jul 26, 2026
The full Texas answer, with the rest of the section →Which states this covers
6 of the 6 states for which we publish statute-cited rules. That is not every state, and nothing above should be read as describing one that is not listed — the answer genuinely differs, so a neighbouring state is not a guide. We monitor all 50 state legislatures plus the FDA and the Federal Register daily; the cited rule set is narrower than the monitoring and is growing on its own timetable.
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