Can a med spa in Maryland offer compounded semaglutide or tirzepatide?
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Short answer
The cited rules do not settle this — they only define compounding (including anticipatory compounding) and compounded sterile preparations made in a pharmacy; nothing cited permits or bars a med spa offering compounded semaglutide or tirzepatide.
Anticipatory compounding for later dispensing is inside Maryland's definition. “Compounding” means the preparation, mixing, assembling, packaging, or labeling of a drug: (a) As the result of a practitioner’s prescription drug order or initiative based on the practitioner/patient relationship in the course of professional practice; (b) For the purpose of, or incidental to, research, teaching, or chemical analysis and not for the sale or dispensing of the drug or device; or (c) In anticipation of a prescription drug order based on routine, regularly observed prescribing patterns.
Md. Code Regs. 10.34.19.03(B)(9) (Sterile Pharmaceutical Compounding — “Compounding” defined) · verified Sep 7, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
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