What happens if a med spa in Michigan operates without the right license?
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⚠️ PRACTICING WITHOUT A LICENSE IS A FELONY IN MICHIGAN. An individual who practices, or HOLDS HIMSELF OR HERSELF OUT AS PRACTICING, a regulated health profession without a license — or under a suspended, revoked, lapsed, void or fraudulently obtained one, or outside a limited license, or using another person’s license — is guilty of a felony. Holding out is enough; treating a patient is not required.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16294 · verified Sep 2, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
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⚠️ NEGLIGENT DELEGATION IS ITS OWN DISCIPLINARY GROUND, AND INJURY IS NOT REQUIRED. A violation of general duty consists of negligence or failure to exercise due care, INCLUDING NEGLIGENT DELEGATION TO OR SUPERVISION OF employees or other individuals, WHETHER OR NOT INJURY RESULTS — or any conduct, practice or condition that impairs, or MAY impair, the ability to safely and skillfully practice.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16221(a) · verified Sep 2, 2026 · read at Internet Archive snapshot — evidence of a page, not the current rule
Personal disqualifications are a separate ground, headed by INCOMPETENCE. A med spa physician who delegates beyond what the delegate can safely do is exposed under both this and the general-duty ground at once.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16221(b)(i) · verified Sep 2, 2026 · read at Internet Archive snapshot — evidence of a page, not the current rule
And the felony section opens by excepting § 16215 — “Except as provided in section 16215”. Work performed under a lawful delegation is not unlicensed practice, so in Michigan the delegation analysis IS the criminal-exposure analysis.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16294 (opening clause) · verified Sep 2, 2026 · read at Internet Archive snapshot — evidence of a page, not the current rule
On finding a ground under § 16221 a disciplinary subcommittee SHALL impose one or more sanctions for each violation, from a table the statute sets out ground by ground: probation, limitation, denial, suspension, REVOCATION, PERMANENT REVOCATION, restitution, or fine. For some grounds the table leaves only permanent revocation — the subcommittee has no discretion to go lower.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16226(1) · verified Sep 2, 2026 · read at Internet Archive snapshot — evidence of a page, not the current rule
⚠️ AND THE FINE REACHES $250,000. A disciplinary subcommittee may impose a fine not exceeding $250,000.00 for a violation of § 16221(a) or (b) — the general-duty and personal-disqualification grounds, which is where negligent delegation sits — and SHALL impose a fine of at least $25,000.00 where such a violation results in the death of one or more patients.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16226(3) · verified Sep 2, 2026 · read at Internet Archive snapshot — evidence of a page, not the current rule
Unprofessional conduct is a ground for disciplinary subcommittee action and consists of one or more of the following: misrepresentation to a consumer or patient, or in obtaining or attempting to obtain third party reimbursement, in the course of professional practice; betrayal of a professional confidence; and promotion for personal gain of an unnecessary drug, device, treatment, procedure, or service.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16221(e)(i)–(iii) · verified Sep 8, 2026 · read at Internet Archive snapshot — evidence of a page, not the current rule
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