What are the license fees to open a med spa in Arkansas?
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Short answer
The cited rules do not settle total startup cost — they only set cosmetology fees: $100 one-time for a new establishment or mobile salon, $50 annual renewal, $50 relocation, and $50 biennially per aesthetics or cosmetology license.
All fees are nonrefundable upon submission: New establishment or mobile salon $100 one-time fee Renewal of an establishment or mobile salon $50.00 annually Relocation of establishment $50.00 one-time fee Renewal of a cosmetology, manicure, aesthetics, electrology, or instructor license $50.00 biennially
17 CAR § 54-401(b) (Fees for cosmetology) · verified Sep 7, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
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(a) Each office-based surgery shall be within the scope of practice of the physician. (b) Each office-based surgery shall be of a duration and complexity that can be undertaken safely and that can reasonably be expected to be completed, with the patient discharged, during normal operational hours. (c) Before the office-based surgery, the physician shall evaluate and record the condition of the patient, any specific morbidities that complicate operative and anesthesia management, the intrinsic risks involved, and the invasiveness of the planned office-based surgery, or any combination of these.
17 CAR § 140-2904(a)-(c) (Office-based surgery) · verified Sep 4, 2026
(a)(1) Arkansas Code § 17-95-103 requires every physician licensed to practice medicine and surgery in the State of Arkansas to report to the Arkansas State Medical Board within ten (10) days after receipt or notification of any claim or filing of a lawsuit against him or her charging him or her with medical malpractice.
17 CAR § 140-1701(a)(1) (Reporting generally) · verified Sep 4, 2026
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