What happens if a med spa in Connecticut operates without the right license?
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Short answer
Criminal exposure — anyone who diagnoses, treats or operates on a patient for compensation without a Connecticut medical license commits a class D felony, and each separate patient contact or consultation counts as its own offense.
Any person who violates any provision of section 20-9 shall be guilty of a class D felony. For the purposes of this section, each instance of patient contact or consultation which is in violation of any provision of section 20-9 shall constitute a separate offense.
Conn. Gen. Stat. §20-14 (penalty for practicing medicine without a license) · verified Sep 3, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
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No person shall, for compensation, gain or reward, received or expected, diagnose, treat, operate for or prescribe for any injury, deformity, ailment or disease, actual or imaginary, of another person, nor practice surgery, until he has obtained such a license as provided in section 20-10, and then only in the kind or branch of practice stated in such license.
Conn. Gen. Stat. §20-9(a) (Who may practice medicine or surgery) · verified Sep 3, 2026
The board is authorized to restrict, suspend or revoke the license or limit the right to practice of a physician or take any other action in accordance with section 19a-17 for illegal, incompetent or negligent conduct in the practice of medicine.
Conn. Gen. Stat. §20-13c(4) · verified Sep 3, 2026
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