Can a non-physician own a med spa in Georgia?
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Short answer
Not through a professional corporation: Georgia lets only licensed professionals who actively practice in it hold its shares, and its president and at least one director must be licensed.
Georgia reaches the ownership question through its Professional Corporation Act. The Act limits who may hold shares, requires the professional service to be delivered by licensed people, and fixes who must sit on the board.
Drawn from 7 verified rules in this section · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
- O.C.G.A. §14-7-2 · Aug 17, 2026
- O.C.G.A. §14-7-5(a) · Aug 17, 2026
- O.C.G.A. §14-7-4(a) · Aug 17, 2026
- O.C.G.A. §14-7-4(b) · Aug 17, 2026
- O.C.G.A. §14-7-4(c) · Aug 17, 2026
- O.C.G.A. §14-7-5(e) · Aug 17, 2026
- O.C.G.A. § 43-34-8(a)(9) · Sep 2, 2026
Related Georgia rules
The Georgia Professional Corporation Act expressly counts medicine and surgery as a “profession” for its purposes, alongside dentistry, pharmacy, psychology, registered professional nursing and others — so a medical practice organized as a professional corporation falls inside the Act.
O.C.G.A. §14-7-2 · verified Aug 17, 2026 · read at FindLaw Codes
Shares in a professional corporation may only be issued to, held by, or transferred to a person licensed to practice the profession the corporation was organized for who — unless disabled — is actively engaged in that practice as an active practicing member of the corporation. Each stock certificate must be endorsed disclosing that restriction, and shares standing in the name of a disqualified or retired person are void outside the holding periods the Code section allows.
O.C.G.A. §14-7-5(a) · verified Aug 17, 2026 · read at FindLaw Codes
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