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Does a med spa have to register or hold a license in Nevada?

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No chapter 449 facility license attaches to a med spa as such. Nevada requires a license to operate a medical facility, but its licensing definition of “medical facility” enumerates seventeen categories and neither a med spa nor a physician’s office is among them — that enumerated list is what was surveyed, and it does not speak to business registration generally. What Nevada does regulate directly is the PLACE where dermal fillers may be injected. The cosmetology chapter, by contrast, licenses the PREMISES and prices it in statute: any person wishing to operate a cosmetological establishment must apply through the owner, manager or person in charge with a detailed floor plan, submit the inspection and licensing fees, and pass an opening inspection before the license issues. The establishment license is $200 for 2 years or $400 for 4 years, the initial inspection $15 and an additional inspection $25; an initial esthetician or cosmetologist license is set by the Board within a statutory band of $50 to $100 for 2 years or $100 to $200 for 4 years. On compounded drugs the Board of Pharmacy’s regulations define compounding as the preparation, mixing or assembling of a drug product with at least one prescription-drug component for dispensing pursuant to a prescription or chart order, require a record for each compounded product made in excess of a prescription or in bulk, and treat an OUTSOURCING FACILITY — a sterile-compounding facility registered under 21 U.S.C. § 353b — as a manufacturer that must hold a Board manufacturer license and may dispense to identified individual patients on a prescription only if it is also licensed as a pharmacy.

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  • Except as otherwise provided in NRS 449.03013, no person, state or local government or agency thereof may operate or maintain in this State any medical facility or facility for the dependent without first obtaining a license therefor.

    Nev. Rev. Stat. §449.030 · verified Sep 3, 2026

  • Nevada’s licensing definition of “medical facility” enumerates seventeen categories — a surgical center for ambulatory patients, a freestanding birthing center, an independent center for emergency medical care, an agency to provide nursing in the home, facilities for intermediate care, skilled nursing and hospice care, a hospital, a psychiatric hospital, a facility for the treatment of irreversible renal disease, a rural clinic, a nursing pool, a facility for modified medical detoxification, a facility for refractive surgery, a mobile unit, a community triage center and a rural emergency hospital — and a med spa or physician’s office is not among them, so no chapter 449 facility license attaches to a med spa as such.

    Nev. Rev. Stat. §449.0151 (“Medical facility” defined — the enumerated list surveyed) · verified Sep 3, 2026

  • A person shall not inject dermal or soft tissue fillers at a location other than a medical facility or the office of a physician or physician assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS, dentist, advanced practice registered nurse or podiatric physician.

    Nev. Rev. Stat. §629.086(1)(c) · verified Sep 3, 2026

  • The fee for issuance of a license for a cosmetological establishment is: (a) For 2 years, $200. (b) For 4 years, $400. The fee for the initial inspection is $15. If an additional inspection is necessary, the fee is $25.

    Nev. Rev. Stat. §644A.600(3)-(4) · verified Sep 7, 2026

  • Any person wishing to operate a cosmetological establishment in which any one or a combination of the occupations of cosmetology are practiced must apply to the Board for a license, through the owner, manager or person in charge, upon forms prepared and furnished by the Board. Each application must contain a detailed floor plan of the proposed cosmetological establishment and proof of the particular requisites for a license provided for in this chapter. The applicant must submit the application accompanied by the applicable required fees for inspection and licensing. Before issuing a license for a cosmetological establishment, the Board shall conduct an opening inspection of the proposed cosmetological establishment to ensure that the minimum requirements for operating a cosmetological establishment pursuant to this chapter are met.

    Nev. Rev. Stat. §644A.600(1)-(2) · verified Sep 7, 2026

  • The fees for issuance of an initial license or certificate of registration, as applicable, are: (a) For nail technologists, electrologists, estheticians, advanced estheticians, hair designers, hair braiders, shampoo technologists and cosmetologists: (1) For 2 years, not less than $50 and not more than $100. (2) For 4 years, not less than $100 and not more than $200.

    Nev. Rev. Stat. §644A.490(2)(a) (a statutory band — the Board sets the amount within it) · verified Sep 7, 2026

  • Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an outsourcing facility is not required to be licensed as a pharmacy. An outsourcing facility may dispense dangerous drugs or controlled substances for identified individual patients pursuant to a prescription only if the outsourcing facility is licensed by the Board as a pharmacy in accordance with NRS 639.230 or 639.2328.

    Nev. Admin. Code §639.6916 (Outsourcing facilities — when licensure as pharmacy required) · verified Sep 7, 2026

  • An outsourcing facility that is engaged in the compounding of sterile drugs in this State or for shipment into this State shall: 1. Obtain a license from the Board as a manufacturer in accordance with NRS 639.100 and 639.233; and Comply with all the requirements of 21 U.S.C. § 353b.

    Nev. Admin. Code §639.6915(1), (3) (Outsourcing facilities — duties of facility) · verified Sep 7, 2026

  • “Outsourcing facility” means a facility at one geographic location or address that: 1. Is engaged in the compounding of sterile drugs; and 2. Has registered with the Secretary of Health and Human Services as an outsourcing facility pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 353b.

    Nev. Admin. Code §639.6912 (“Outsourcing facility” defined) · verified Sep 7, 2026

  • “compound” and “compounding” mean: (a) The preparation, mixing or assembling of a drug product of which at least one component is a prescription drug; and (b) The packaging and labeling incident to the preparation, mixing or assembling of a drug product for the purpose of selling or dispensing the drug product pursuant to a prescription or chart order.

    Nev. Admin. Code §639.6625(1) (“Compound” and “compounding” defined) · verified Sep 7, 2026

  • For each compounded drug product that is in excess of the amount required by the prescription or chart order and each compounded drug product that is compounded in bulk quantities, the pharmacist who compounded or supervised the compounding of the compounded drug product shall prepare a record, including the name of the product, its components and their lot numbers and expiration dates, its beyond-use date, the date of preparation and the quantity of the final compounded drug product.

    Nev. Admin. Code §639.6702 (Records concerning drug products compounded in excess and in bulk quantities) · verified Sep 7, 2026

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