Arkansas advertising rules for med spas
FTC and state limits on how treatments and results may be marketed. Below are the Arkansas rules that govern it, each linked to its primary source. Monitoring and reference, not legal advice.
Advertising rules in Arkansas
ARKANSAS REGULATES THE WORD “DOCTOR” IN THE MARKETING ITSELF. The board separately treats grossly over-utilizing, ordering or performing tests or procedures on a patient as an ethical violation where that may result in harm. On advertising proper, no person may advertise, or allow themselves to be advertised, by the title “Doctor” in association with the practice of one of the healing arts except in a healthcare profession regulated under the occupational licensing chapter — and then only in accordance with that profession’s statutes and rules — or where the person has been granted a doctoral degree in a healing arts profession and is licensed in it.
(5) A licensed physician grossly over-utilizing or ordering or performing tests or procedures on a patient when that may result in harm
17 CAR § 140-2601(5) (Ethical violations for physicians) · verified Sep 4, 2026
N o person shall advertise or allow oneself to be advertised by the title “Doctor” in association with the practice of one (1) of the healing arts, except in the practice of one (1) of the healthcare professions regulated under § 17 -1- 101 et seq., in which c ase that person shall use the title in accordance with the statutes and rules governing the particular healthcare profession or unless that person has been granted a doctoral degree in any healing arts profession and is licensed in that profession under § 17 -1- 101 et seq.
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-80-111 (Restrictions on “Doctor” as title in advertising) · verified Sep 4, 2026
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