Michigan med spa questions, answered from statute
Every question below is answered from Michigan law, with the statute or board rule linked and the date we verified it. 23 of the 27 questions we ask have a verified Michigan answer today, most recently checked Sep 8, 2026. The rest are not listed, because we would be guessing.
Organized by The Practice Perimeter — the decisions every state makes about an aesthetic practice.
Ownership
Who is allowed to own this business, and in what corporate form?
Oversight
Which physician relationship does the state require, and what must that physician actually do?
- Does a med spa in Michigan need a medical director?Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16215(1)
- What must the supervising physician actually do in Michigan?Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16276(5)(c) (“Supervision” defined for laser procedures)
- Who may operate a cosmetic laser in Michigan?Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16276(1)–(3), (5)(b)
- Can a medical assistant give injections in Michigan?Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16215(1)
- May an esthetician or laser technician perform microneedling in Michigan?Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.1210(3)
Intake
What has to happen before a patient can be treated, and can any of it be remote?
- Is an exam required before a patient can be treated in Michigan?Mich. Comp. Laws pt. 161 — section index (surveyed in full)
- Can the pre-treatment exam be done by telehealth in Michigan?Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16284
- Must someone be on site while a patient is treated in Michigan?Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16215(2)
- Can a med spa in Michigan offer compounded semaglutide or tirzepatide?Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.17748(1)
Who treats
Which license may perform which treatment, and under whose order?
- Can a registered nurse inject Botox or filler in Michigan?Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.17201 (scope of this section)
- Can a nurse practitioner treat without a supervising physician in Michigan?Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.17201 (scope of this section)
- Can a physician assistant inject or prescribe in Michigan?Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.17047 (Practice agreement required; contents)
Facility
Does the premises itself have to be registered or licensed?
Marketing
What may this practice claim about its services, its staff, and their credentials?
Enforcement
What happens when one of the six above is crossed?
What is not here, and why
We ask 27 questions of every state we cover. Michigan answers 23 of them from primary sources we have verified. Where a question is missing it is because the Michigan record we hold does not address it — not because the answer is no. We would rather publish a shorter list than a page that looks like an answer and is not. As the Michigan record grows, questions appear here on their own.
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