What limits does District of Columbia place on a med spa's business structure?
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Short answer
The cited rules do not settle which entity form a med spa must use — they establish only that a professional corporation may render professional services solely through licensed people, and its unlicensed employees may not perform those services.
A professional corporation may be organized solely to render professional services through its shareholders, directors, officers, employees, or agents who are themselves licensed to render the particular service, and to render service ancillary thereto. A professional corporation may employ individuals who are not licensed, but they shall not perform professional services.
D.C. Code §29-505(a) (Purpose for organization; powers authorized) · verified Sep 3, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
Related District of Columbia rules
A person shall not be a shareholder, director, or officer of a professional corporation or render professional services on its behalf unless the person is an individual licensed to render a professional service for which the corporation is organized; provided, that if a professional corporation has only one shareholder, the secretary of the corporation need not be licensed to perform, and shall not perform if not so licensed, such professional services.
D.C. Code §29-508(b) · verified Sep 3, 2026
Nothing in this chapter shall require a shareholder or incorporator of a professional corporation to have a present or future employment relationship with the corporation or actively to participate in any capacity in the production of income of, or performance of professional service by, such corporation.
D.C. Code §29-508(c) · verified Sep 3, 2026
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