Does a med spa have to register or hold a license in Indiana?
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Short answer
Yes — from January 1, 2027 a med spa must be registered to do business in Indiana, and the application must name its responsible practitioner and that practitioner's collaborating or supervising physician; operating unregistered risks a $5,000 fine.
Indiana has a Dedicated Med-Spa Law — a registration regime phased in across 2026 and 2027, which is unusual in this corpus.
Drawn from 6 verified rules in this section · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
- Ind. Code § 25-26-13-11 · Sep 2, 2026
- Ind. Code § 25-26-13-4.4 · Sep 2, 2026
- Ind. Code §25-22.5-12.5-1 (SEA 282, 2026) · Jul 26, 2026
- Ind. Code §25-22.5-12.5-3 (SEA 282, 2026) · Jul 26, 2026
- Ind. Code §25-22.5-12.5-6 (SEA 282, 2026) · Jul 26, 2026
- 820 IAC 7-1-1 · Sep 2, 2026
Related Indiana rules
In Indiana, compounding is pharmacy practice by definition. The practice of pharmacy is performed by a pharmacist — or by a pharmacist intern or an unlicensed person the pharmacist SUPERVISES under section 18.5 — and it includes “the compounding, labeling, administering, dispensing, or selling of drugs and devices … whether dispensed under a practitioner’s prescription or drug order or sold or given directly to the ultimate consumer”, together with their proper and safe storage and distribution and the maintenance of records of receipt, storage, sale and dispensing.
Ind. Code § 25-26-13-11 · verified Sep 2, 2026
⚠️ and the statute itself sets no compounding standard — it delegates one. In full: “THE BOARD MAY ADOPT A RULE UNDER IC 4-22-2 concerning pharmacies that perform compounding.” Chapter 25-26-13 was read in full for this entry and contains no quantity limit, no office-use permission and no sterile-compounding standard. Whatever governs those in Indiana is in the Board of Pharmacy’s rules, which are published on a page that serves no readable text to us — so nothing is claimed about them here.
Ind. Code § 25-26-13-4.4 · verified Sep 2, 2026
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