Does a med spa in Colorado need a medical director?

Short answer
No — the Medical Practice Act creates no med spa license, registration or medical director requirement; its only "medical director" mention is an EMS compact exemption. The gate is the professional service corporation and the individual licenses behind it.

⚠️ there is no med spa registration, license or facility permit, and no medical director is required. Article 240 — the Colorado Medical Practice Act — was surveyed in full for this entry and creates no facility license, registration, permit or fee for a cosmetic practice. Its ONLY use of the phrase “medical director” is an exemption from licensure for a person “practicing as a medical director pursuant to the ‘recognition of emergency medical services personnel licensure interstate compact act’” — an EMS role, not a cosmetic one. The wider Title 12 never uses the phrase “medical spa” at all. Colorado is the opposite of Tennessee, which registers the facility, charges $175 and requires a named medical director to sign for it. The Colorado gate is the professional service corporation and the individual license behind it.

Colo. Rev. Stat. art. 240 of tit. 12, surveyed in full; the sole medical-director reference is § 12-240-107(3)(y) · verified Sep 2, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice