Illinois med spa questions, answered from statute
Every question below is answered from Illinois law, with the statute or board rule linked and the date we verified it. 17 of the 24 questions we ask have a verified Illinois answer today, most recently checked Aug 17, 2026. The rest are not listed, because we would be guessing.
Organized by The Practice Perimeter — the decisions every state makes about an aesthetic practice.
Ownership
Who is allowed to own this business, and in what corporate form?
- Can a non-physician own a med spa in Illinois?IDFPR/IDPH Medical Spa Services memo (updated 2025-10-30)
- What business structure does a med spa need in Illinois?805 ILCS 15/ · 805 ILCS 10/ · 805 ILCS 185/ (as stated in the IDFPR/IDPH med spa memo)
- Can private equity invest in a med spa in Illinois?IDFPR/IDPH Medical Spa Services memo (updated 2025-10-30)
Oversight
Which physician relationship does the state require, and what must that physician actually do?
- Does a med spa in Illinois need a medical director?68 Ill. Adm. Code 1285.336 (as stated in the IDFPR/IDPH med spa memo)
- What must the supervising physician actually do in Illinois?225 ILCS 60/54.2(b), (f)
- Who may operate a cosmetic laser in Illinois?68 Ill. Adm. Code 1285.336 (as stated in the IDFPR/IDPH med spa memo)
Intake
What has to happen before a patient can be treated, and can any of it be remote?
Who treats
Which license may perform which treatment, and under whose order?
Facility
Does the premises itself have to be registered or licensed?
Marketing
What may this practice claim about its services, its staff, and their credentials?
Enforcement
What happens when one of the six above is crossed?
What is not here, and why
We ask 24 questions of every state we cover. Illinois answers 17 of them from primary sources we have verified. Where a question is missing it is because the Illinois record we hold does not address it — not because the answer is no. We would rather publish a shorter list than a page that looks like an answer and is not. As the Illinois record grows, questions appear here on their own.
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