What are the license fees to open a med spa in Alabama?
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The cited rules do not settle this — they fix only Cosmetology Board fees ($200 new shop, $150 shop renewal; $50 original practitioner license, $100 renewal) and separately require physicians doing laser/light procedures to register annually, at no stated fee.
Alabama publishes actual amounts rather than a ceiling, so this is the price and not a cap. Fees shall be the following: (a) Written Examination or Reexamination $75 (b) Practical Examination or Reexamination $130 (c) Original License $50 (d) Personal Renewal $100 (e) New Shop $200 (f) Shop Renewal $150 Opening a shop costs $200 and renewing it $150, while the individual practitioner pays $50 to be licensed and $100 to renew — premises and practitioner billed separately, as in most states.
Ala. Admin. Code r. 250-X-2-.01 (what it costs to open — the Board’s own fee schedule, in dollars) · verified Sep 6, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
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The schedule continues past the shop, which matters to an operator buying an existing business rather than opening one. (i) New School $300 (j) School Renewal $200 and a shop name change or owner change is $25, with only one $25 fee charged if both happen at once.
Ala. Admin. Code r. 250-X-2-.01 (school and change-of-ownership fees) · verified Sep 6, 2026
The rule sets the structure as well as the numbers. Business licenses may be issued to shops or schools as determined by the Board. (3) Personal licenses may be issued to any appropriate category of licensure as determined by the Board, and an appropriate fee shall be established for each license.
Ala. Admin. Code r. 250-X-2-.01(2)-(3) (the Board decides which licenses exist, and prices each) · verified Sep 6, 2026
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