Who enforces deceptive med spa marketing in Michigan?
Marketing · part of The Practice Perimeter
Short answer
Two enforcers — the attorney general may seek an injunction under the Consumer Protection Act on probable cause, after giving the required notice, and the licensee's board may discipline false or misleading advertising as an unethical business practice.
If the attorney general has probable cause to believe that a person has engaged, is engaging, or is about to engage in a method, act, or practice that is unlawful under section 3 of the Consumer Protection Act, and gives the required notice, the attorney general may bring an action in accordance with principles of equity to restrain the defendant by temporary or permanent injunction from engaging in the method, act, or practice.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.905(1) · verified Sep 8, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
The rest of what Michigan says on this
False or misleading advertising is a ground for disciplinary action, listed as one of the “unethical business practices”. Michigan does not give med spas a bespoke advertising rule; it applies the same ground to every licensee the Public Health Code reaches. (Complete through PA 38 of 2025.)
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16221(d)(i) · verified Sep 2, 2026 · read at Internet Archive snapshot — evidence of a page, not the current rule
The company that ground keeps is instructive: the same subdivision covers dividing fees for referral of patients and accepting kickbacks on medical or surgical services, appliances, or medications. Michigan treats a misleading advertisement as the same species of wrong as a kickback, not as a lesser marketing infraction.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16221(d)(ii) · verified Sep 2, 2026 · read at Internet Archive snapshot — evidence of a page, not the current rule
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