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Every other rule we have verified under med-spa registration & licensing, each linked to its primary source.

• Medical spa means an establishment in which cosmetic medical procedures are performed, but shall not include hospitals or other licensed health care facilities.

  Conn. Gen. Stat. §19a-903c(a)(1) · verified Sep 3, 2026

• Cosmetic medical procedure means any procedure performed on a person that is directed at improving the person’s appearance and that does not meaningfully promote the proper function of the body or prevent or treat illness or disease and may include, but is not limited to, cosmetic surgery, hair transplants, cosmetic injections, cosmetic soft tissue fillers, dermaplaning, dermastamping, dermarolling, dermabrasion that removes cells beyond the stratum corneum, chemical peels using modification solutions that exceed thirty per cent concentration with a pH value of lower than 3.0, laser hair removal, laser skin resurfacing, laser treatment of leg veins, sclerotherapy and other laser procedures, intense pulsed light, injection of cosmetic filling agents and neurotoxins and the use of class II medical devices designed to induce deep skin tissue alteration.

  Conn. Gen. Stat. §19a-903c(a)(2) · verified Sep 3, 2026

• Each medical spa shall post information, including the names and any specialty areas of any physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse or registered nurse performing cosmetic medical procedures, in a conspicuous place that is accessible to customers at the medical spa and on any Internet web site maintained by the medical spa.

  Conn. Gen. Stat. §19a-903c(d) · verified Sep 3, 2026

• The required information shall also be contained in a written notice that is provided to each person before undergoing any cosmetic medical procedure at the medical spa.

  Conn. Gen. Stat. §19a-903c(d)(2) · verified Sep 3, 2026

• On and after July 1, 2020, except as provided in subsection (g) of this section, no person may practice as an esthetician without obtaining a license or temporary permit from the Department of Public Health under this section or section 20-265f. On and after January 1, 2020, each person seeking an initial license as an esthetician shall apply to the department on a form prescribed by the department, accompanied by an application fee of one hundred dollars.

  Conn. Gen. Stat. §20-265b(a)-(b) (License or permit as an esthetician — fee) · verified Sep 7, 2026

• License or examination fees shall be paid to the department at the time of application as follows: (1) For examination as a registered hairdresser and cosmetician, the sum of one hundred dollars; and (2) for renewal of any hairdresser and cosmetician license, the sum of one hundred dollars.

  Conn. Gen. Stat. §20-253 (License and examination fees) · verified Sep 7, 2026

• “Medical order” means a written, oral or electronic order by a prescribing practitioner for a drug to be dispensed by a pharmacy for administration to a patient; “Sterile compounding pharmacy” means a pharmacy or nonresident pharmacy that dispenses or compounds sterile pharmaceuticals; (4) “Sterile pharmaceutical” means any dosage form of a drug, including, but not limited to, parenterals, injectables, surgical irrigants and ophthalmics devoid of viable microorganisms;

  Conn. Gen. Stat. §20-633b(a)(1), (3)-(4) (Sterile compounding — definitions) · verified Sep 7, 2026

• “Compound” means to combine, mix or put together two or more ingredients pursuant to a prescription and includes the preparation of drugs or devices in anticipation of prescriptions based on routine, regularly-observed prescribing patterns;

  Conn. Gen. Stat. §20-571(10) (“Compound” defined) · verified Sep 7, 2026

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