What must a med spa in Georgia report to the board?
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GEORGIA’S COSMETIC-LASER RULE CARRIES ONE ROUTINE REPORTING DUTY AND ATTACHES A CONSEQUENCE TO MISSING IT. “Each licensee shall notify the Board within thirty (30) days, in writing, of all changes of address. Any mailing or notice from the Board shall be considered to be served on the licensee when sent to the licensee’s last address on file with the Board.” These claims survey the cosmetic laser services chapter; they do not survey the medical board’s general reporting rules.
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 360-35-.03(2) (Renewal requirements — notice of address change) · verified Sep 8, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
The rest of what Georgia says on this
Every other rule we have verified under med-spa registration & licensing, each linked to its primary source.
⚠️ 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
WHAT A PHARMACY MAY COMPOUND IS BOUNDED BY COMMERCIAL AVAILABILITY. On the existence of a pharmacist/patient/prescriber relationship and a valid prescription order — or in anticipation of one “BASED ON ROUTINE, REGULARLY OBSERVED PRESCRIBING PATTERNS” — pharmacists may compound “FOR AN INDIVIDUAL PATIENT, DRUG PREPARATIONS THAT ARE NOT COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN THE MARKETPLACE”.
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 480-11 (compounding — general requirements) · verified Sep 2, 2026
Georgia’s definition ends where sale begins: “compounding” means the preparation, mixing, assembling, packaging or labeling of a drug or device “AS THE RESULT OF A PRACTITIONER’S PRESCRIPTION DRUG ORDER OR INITIATIVE BASED ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PRACTITIONER, PATIENT, AND PHARMACIST in the course of professional practice”, or incident to research, teaching or chemical analysis — “AND NOT FOR SALE OR DISPENSING”.
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 480-11 (“compounding”) · verified Sep 2, 2026
Cosmetic laser services means nonablative elective cosmetic light-based skin care, photo rejuvenation, or hair removal using FDA-approved lasers or pulsed light devices, and also covers energy-based procedures using ultrasound, cryolipolysis, microwave, or radio-frequency devices that are not expected or intended to remove, burn, or vaporize the live epidermal surface but may damage underlying tissue if used inappropriately.
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 360-35-.01(5) · verified Aug 17, 2026
⚠️ 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
Except for physician offices, a facility providing cosmetic laser services OTHER THAN hair removal using lasers or pulsed light devices must hold an agreement with a consulting physician who examines each patient before the service (or who has delegated that examination to a physician assistant in an approved job description, or to an advanced practice registered nurse under a Board-approved protocol, in either case one who is a licensed cosmetic laser practitioner); must have that physician available for emergency consultation with anyone the facility employs; and must file the physician’s details with the Board.
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 360-35-.07 · verified Aug 17, 2026
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