What are the license fees to open a med spa in Georgia?
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Short answer
The cited rules do not settle this — they give no dollar figures; renewal and reinstatement fees sit on a Board fee schedule available from the Board office and website, and the Board may add a paper-application processing fee and a late renewal fee.
⚠️ Georgia publishes no fee amount in its rules at all, and says so expressly. “all license/permit fees for renewal and reinstatement shall be established by the board periodically as set forth on a fee schedule”, and “the fee schedule is available from the board office and at the board’s website. fees may be reviewed and changed at the discretion of the board.” Unlike Minnesota or Arizona, which fix the numbers in law, a Georgia operator has no published legal figure to plan against — and the rule warns of two surcharges without pricing either: the Board “may assess a paper application processing fee that is greater than or in addition to an electronic application fee”, and “may assess a late renewal fee”.
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 240-1-.03(1), (2) · verified Sep 2, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
Related Georgia rules
⚠️ Georgia prohibits office-use compounding for human practitioners in one sentence. “the distribution of non-patient specific compounded preparations for office use by a practitioner, excluding veterinarians, is prohibited.” a Georgia med spa cannot lawfully receive compounded stock from a pharmacy to hold and use.
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 480-11 (compounding — office use) · verified Sep 2, 2026
⚠️ and the very next sentence names the lawful channel. “this subsection shall not affect 503b outsourcing facilities ability to provide non-patient specific compounded preparations for office use by a practitioner.” The prohibition is on the PHARMACY route, not on office stock as such — which makes the supplier’s 503B registration the whole question in Georgia. Veterinary office distribution is separately capped: it “shall not exceed 5 percent of production … in a calendar year”, and amounts produced above that “shall be considered manufacturing and will require separate licensure as a manufacturer.”
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 480-11 (compounding — office use) · verified Sep 2, 2026
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