Nebraska advertising rules for med spas

Advertising rules in Nebraska

Two regimes reach med-spa marketing in Nebraska. The attorney general may obtain a restraining order or injunction against a deceptive trade practice, which includes representing that services have characteristics, uses or benefits they do not have. Separately, the definition of unprofessional conduct reaches any conduct likely to deceive or defraud the public or detrimental to the public interest, whether or not anyone was injured, and names taking fees on the assurance that an incurable disease can be permanently cured.

• Whenever the Attorney General has cause to believe that a person has engaged in or is engaging in any deceptive trade practice or unconscionable act listed in section 87-302 or 87-303.01, the Attorney General may apply for and obtain, in an action in any district court of this state, a temporary restraining order, or injunction, or both, prohibiting such person from continuing such practices, or engaging therein, or doing any act in furtherance thereof.

  Neb. Rev. Stat. §87-303.05(1) · verified Sep 3, 2026

• A person engages in a deceptive trade practice when, in the course of his or her business, vocation, or occupation, he or she represents that goods or services have sponsorship, approval, characteristics, ingredients, uses, benefits, or quantities that they do not have.

  Neb. Rev. Stat. §87-302(a)(5) · verified Sep 3, 2026

• Unprofessional conduct means any departure from or failure to conform to the standards of acceptable and prevailing practice of a profession or the ethics of the profession, regardless of whether a person, consumer, or entity is injured, or conduct that is likely to deceive or defraud the public or is detrimental to the public interest.

  Neb. Rev. Stat. §38-179 (“Unprofessional conduct” defined) · verified Sep 3, 2026

• Unprofessional conduct includes receipt of fees on the assurance that an incurable disease can be permanently cured.

  Neb. Rev. Stat. §38-179(1) · verified Sep 3, 2026

• Unprofessional conduct includes obtaining any fee for professional services by fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation, including falsification of third-party claim documents.

  Neb. Rev. Stat. §38-179(3) · verified Sep 3, 2026