Can a non-physician own a med spa in Iowa?

Short answer
The cited rules do not settle this — the med spa definition covers any entity "however organized" and states no owner licensure requirement; only if you organize as a professional corporation must shares stay with individuals licensed in that profession.

⚠️ Iowa defines the medical spa by what it holds itself out as, not by who owns it — and then carves one ownership structure back out. a medical spa is any entity, however organized, that is advertised, announced, established or maintained for the purpose of providing medical aesthetic services; the definition expressly excludes a dermatology practice wholly owned and controlled by one or more Iowa-licensed physicians where at least one owner is actively practicing at each location. On the conduct side, knowingly aiding, assisting, procuring or advising a person in the unlawful practice of medicine is a ground for discipline, as is accepting remuneration for referring a patient in violation of law or medical ethics. The entity law answers the structure question separately: a professional corporation may be organized only to practice one specific profession, or professions that could lawfully be combined by a licensed individual — medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, and practice as a physician assistant are deemed such a combination, without expanding the physician assistant’s scope — and no shareholder may voluntarily transfer shares except to the corporation or to an individual licensed to practice a profession the corporation is authorized to practice. These claims survey chapter 496C and the two rules cited; they do not survey the rest of Iowa’s entity law.