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New Hampshire defines the esthetician simply as any person practicing esthetics, and the definition of esthetics itself — an enumerated list of surface treatments — is set out in the supervision section of this reference. The PRICE of the credential sits in the Office of Professional Licensure and Certification’s fee rule: under Plc 1002.07 a barber, cosmetologist, esthetician, manicurist or master barber personal license is $55 for two years, an instructor license $82, a SHOP LICENSE $110 for two years, a school license $346 and a tanning facility registration $170, each covering initial issuance, renewal or reinstatement. These claims do not address med-spa or medical facility registration. On compounded drugs the Board of Pharmacy’s sterile-compounding rule answers the GLP-1 question three ways: a compounder shall not compound a sterile product of an FDA-approved product when the product is COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE, and may use bulk ingredients only where no commercial source exists, such as an FDA backorder listing; a compounder preparing more than 50 dosage units of NON-PATIENT-SPECIFIC preparations must be registered with the FDA as a manufacturer or 503B facility, and one supplying fewer than 50 units to a provider for administration must hold a memorandum of understanding for each product and hand the practitioner the lot’s test results; and “compounding” itself includes anticipatory preparation on regularly observed prescribing patterns and preparation on a practitioner’s order that may be sold to the practitioner for office administration to a SPECIFIC patient, in limited quantities, not for resale.

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The rest of what New Hampshire says on this

Every other rule we have verified under med-spa registration & licensing, each linked to its primary source.

  • Esthetician means any person practicing esthetics.

    N.H. Rev. Stat. §313-A:1, VII · verified Sep 3, 2026

  • The application processing and licensing fees found in Table 1002.7, below, shall apply to the professions regulated by the board of barbering, cosmetology, and esthetics under RSA 313-A: Barber, cosmetologist, esthetician, manicurist, or master barber personal license application processing and licensing: Initial, renewal, or reinstatement after expiration of license 2 years $55; Shop license application processing and licensing: Initial, renewal, or reinstatement after expiration of license 2 years $110; School license application processing and licensing: Initial, renewal, or reinstatement after expiration of license 2 years $346.

    N.H. Code Admin. R. Plc 1002.07 and Table 1002.7 (Application Processing and Licensing Fees — Board of Barbering, Cosmetology, and Esthetics) · verified Sep 7, 2026

  • Barber, cosmetologist, esthetic, manicurist, or master barber instructor license application processing and licensing: Initial, renewal, or reinstatement after expiration of license 2 years $82; Tanning facility registration application processing and licensing: Initial, renewal, or reinstatement after expiration of license 2 years $170.

    N.H. Code Admin. R. Plc 1002.07, Table 1002.7 (instructor license and tanning facility registration fees) · verified Sep 7, 2026

  • ⛔ NEW HAMPSHIRE BARS COMPOUNDING A STERILE COPY OF A COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE FDA-APPROVED PRODUCT, WHICH IS WHAT A COMPOUNDED SEMAGLUTIDE OR TIRZEPATIDE INJECTION IS WHILE THE APPROVED PRODUCT IS ON THE MARKET. A compounder shall not compound a sterile product of an FDA-approved product when the product is commercially available. (f) When no commercial source of a sterile product exists, such as being listed on the FDA backorder list, the compounder shall only use USP or other USP recognized grades such as BP, JP, EP, bulk ingredients obtained from a good manufacturing practice compliant supplier.

    N.H. Code Admin. R. Ph 404.04(e)-(f) (Regulatory Requirements for Sterile Compounding) · verified Sep 7, 2026

  • When a compounder prepares more than 50 dosage units for non-patient specific preparations the compounder shall be registered as a drug manufacturer or 503B with the FDA. (c) Compounders supplying limited quantities, less than 50 dosage units, to providers for administration use shall have an MOU with the provider for each compounded product they supply to the provider. When a compounder provides a practitioner a non-patient specific preparation, the compounder shall provide the practitioner a copy of the test result for each lot provided to the practitioner.

    N.H. Code Admin. R. Ph 404.04(b)-(c) (Regulatory Requirements for Sterile Compounding — non-patient-specific supply) · verified Sep 7, 2026

  • “Compounding” means the preparation, mixing, assembling, altering, packaging, and labeling of a drug, drug-delivery device, or device in accordance with a licensed practitioner's order, or initiative based on the practitioner/patient/pharmacist/compounder relationship in the course of professional practice, and includes the following: (1) Preparation of drug dosage forms for both human and animal patients; (2) Preparation of drugs or devices in anticipation of prescription drug orders based on routine, regularly observed prescribing patterns; (5) Preparation of drugs and devices on the order of a practitioner, which may be sold to the practitioner for use in his or her office to administer to a specific patient, in limited quantities, but not for resale.

    N.H. Code Admin. R. Ph 404.02(k) (Definitions — “Compounding”) · verified Sep 7, 2026

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