What are the license fees to open a med spa in Michigan?
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Short answer
The cited rules do not settle total cost — Michigan issues no med spa license; the fees set are a cosmetology establishment at $25 to apply plus $25/year and an esthetician at $15 plus $24/year through Sept 30, 2027 (then $10 and $12).
💰 Michigan’s fees are in a separate act from its licensing rules, and they are charged per year. The State License Fee Act sets “Fees for a person licensed or seeking licensure as a cosmetologist, manicurist, natural hair culturist, esthetician, electrologist, or instructor or a person licensed or seeking licensure to operate a cosmetology establishment or school of cosmetology”. Under “Application processing fees” a cosmetology establishment is 25.00 and an esthetician 15.00 through September 30, 2027 (falling to 10.00 after). Under “License fees, per year” an establishment is 25.00 and an esthetician 24.00 through the same date (falling to 12.00). ⚠️ note the scheduled step-down — the statute already carries the post-2027 numbers, so a figure quoted today has an expiry date written into it.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.2225(a), (c) · verified Sep 2, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
Related Michigan rules
⚠️ Michigan requires a license to compound at all, and a second authorization on top of it. “To do business in this state, a person that provides compounding services must be licensed as a pharmacy or manufacturer under this part and, if a pharmacy, authorized to provide compounding services under this section and sections 17748a and 17748b.” The same subsection opens by requiring that “a pharmacy, manufacturer, wholesale distributor, or wholesale distributor-broker, whether or not located in this state, must be licensed under this part” — so every link in the chain that distributes a compounded drug into Michigan is licensed here. A pharmacy license alone does not by itself carry compounding authority.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.17748(1) · verified Sep 2, 2026 · read at Internet Archive snapshot — evidence of a page, not the current rule
⚠️ and an outsourcing facility must hold a Michigan pharmacy license — federal registration is not enough. “To do business in this state, an outsourcing facility must be licensed as a pharmacy under this part. licenses are renewable biennially.” a Michigan practice buying compounded stock from a 503B should be checking a Michigan pharmacy license, not only an FDA registration.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.17748(1) · verified Sep 2, 2026 · read at Internet Archive snapshot — evidence of a page, not the current rule
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