What are the license fees to open a med spa in Kentucky?
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Not directly — the only prices the cited rules fix are the esthetic salon license at $100 initial and $200 renewal, plus $50 per esthetician initial and $100 renewal; no other startup cost is set.
Kentucky publishes the cost of entry as a fee regulation, so this is the price rather than an estimate. Section 1. The initial license fees shall be as follows: (3) Esthetician - fifty (50) dollars; and Esthetic salon - $100. On renewal the same two are $100 and $200 respectively. The premises and the practitioner are licensed and priced separately, and the schedule states the practitioner fees IN WORDS and the premises fees in digits within the same section.
201 KAR 12:260 Section 1 (the esthetic salon fee a new studio actually pays) · verified Sep 7, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
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"Beauty salon" means any establishment in which the practice of cosmetology is conducted for the general public or for consideration.
Ky. Rev. Stat. §317A.010(1) · verified Sep 3, 2026
The board may refuse to issue or renew a license or permit, or may suspend or revoke a license or permit, impose probationary conditions upon, impose an administrative fine, issue a written reprimand or admonishment, or take any combination of these actions regarding proof of practicing in an unlicensed salon or in a salon knowing that the salon is not in compliance with this chapter or the administrative regulations of the board promulgated pursuant to this chapter.
Ky. Rev. Stat. §317A.140(1)(e) · verified Sep 3, 2026
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