Can private equity invest in a med spa, state by state
The same question, answered for 2states 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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California
Effective Jan 1, 2026, SB 351 bars a private-equity group or hedge fund from controlling or interfering with a practice’s professional judgment (diagnostics, referrals, treatment, coding/billing, clinical staffing, equipment), voids certain non-compete and non-disparagement clauses, and empowers the Attorney General to enforce.
Cal. SB 351 (2025), Health & Safety Code §§1190–1192 · verified Jul 26, 2026
The full California answer, with the rest of the section →Illinois
A person who is not a physician or an APRN cannot be a shareholder or member, an officer, a director or a manager of a med spa entity. That closes the door on an outside investor taking equity in the entity that delivers the care, whatever their commercial role.
IDFPR/IDPH Medical Spa Services memo (updated 2025-10-30) · verified Aug 17, 2026
The full Illinois answer, with the rest of the section →Which states this covers
2 of the 9 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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