What limits does Kentucky place on a med spa's business structure?
Ownership · part of The Practice Perimeter
Short answer
The cited rules do not settle this — they let currently licensed physicians practice in partnership, association, or a KRS Chapter 274 professional service corporation and share fees, but prescribe no required ownership form for a med spa.
Kentucky names the permitted structure inside the kickback ban. The referral-fee ground carries a carve-out for people who hold current licenses under the medical practice act: it does not prohibit them from practicing “in partnership or association or in a professional service corporation authorized by KRS Chapter 274, as amended”, nor “from pooling, sharing, dividing, or apportioning the fees and moneys received by them or by the partnership, corporation, or association in accordance with the partnership agreement or the policies of the board of directors of the corporation or association”. The carve-out runs to licensees only, and names no route for an unlicensed shareholder.
Ky. Rev. Stat. §311.595(19) (the partnership and professional-service-corporation carve-out) · verified Sep 8, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
Related Kentucky rules
No person shall engage or attempt to engage in the practice of medicine or osteopathy within this state, or open, maintain, or occupy an office or place of business within this state for engaging in practice, or in any manner announce or express a readiness to engage in practice within this state, unless the person holds a valid and effective license or permit issued by the board as hereinafter provided.
Ky. Rev. Stat. §311.560(1) · verified Sep 3, 2026
The board may deny, probate, suspend or revoke a license where the licensee has violated or attempted to violate, directly or indirectly, or assisted in or abetted the violation of, or conspired to violate any provision or term of any medical practice act, including but not limited to the code of conduct promulgated by the board under KRS 311.601.
Ky. Rev. Stat. §311.595(12) · verified Sep 3, 2026
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