What happens if a med spa in Alabama operates without the right license?
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Short answer
A Class C felony — practicing or offering to practice medicine without a Board certificate of qualification and a Licensure Commission license is a Class C felony, and laser or energy treatments below the stratum corneum are practicing medicine.
Any person who practices medicine or osteopathy, or offers to do so, in the state without a certificate of qualification issued on his or her behalf by the State Board of Medical Examiners and without a license and certificate of registration from the Medical Licensure Commission of Alabama is guilty of a Class C felony.
Ala. Code § 34-24-51 · verified Sep 8, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
The rest of what Alabama says on this
(8) Knowingly submitting or causing to be submitted any false, fraudulent, deceptive or misleading information to the Board of Medical Examiners in connection with an application for licensure or registration; (9) That the physician assistant has represented himself or herself or permitted another to represent him or her as a physician; (10) That the physician assistant has performed otherwise than at the direction and under the supervision of a physician approved by the Board;
Ala. Admin. Code r. 540-X-7-.12 (Discipline of license — physician assistant — grounds) · verified Sep 4, 2026
(r) Request that the Medical Licensure Commission temporarily suspend a license to practice medicine when the statutory grounds for temporary suspension are present.
Ala. Admin. Code r. 540-X-1 (Board duties — temporary suspension) · verified Sep 4, 2026
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