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What are the license fees to open a med spa in New Jersey?

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The cited rules do not settle total startup cost — they price only the cosmetology shop license: $150 application (includes inspection), $200 initial license ($100 if paid in the second year of the renewal cycle), $200 biennial renewal, $90 individual renewal.

💰 New Jersey prorates the first license by where you land in the renewal cycle, which is unusual and worth timing. “The following fees will be charged by the Board”: “Shop license application fee (includes shop inspection fee) 150.00”, then “Initial license fee (shop) i. If paid during the first year of a renewal cycle 200.00 ii. If paid during the second year of a renewal cycle 100.00”, and “Biennial license renewal (shop) 200.00”. The individual side runs “Biennial license renewal (individual) $ 90.00” with the same first-year / second-year split on the initial fee. Opening in the second year of the cycle halves the initial license fee.

N.J.A.C. 13:28-5.1(a) · verified Sep 2, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice

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  • ⚠️ New Jersey bars compounded sterile stock for human practice, and permits it for animals. “in the absence of a valid patient-specific prescription or medication order, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmacy interns, and pharmacy externs shall not prepare compounded sterile preparations for human use for a licensed prescriber to use in his or her practice, except to the extent permitted by federal law.” The very next sentence lets a pharmacy prepare them for a prescriber “for non-human use … without a prescription”. The federal exception is the 503B door.

    N.J.A.C. 13:39-11.18 · verified Sep 2, 2026 · read at Internet Archive snapshot — evidence of a page, not the current rule

  • ⚠️ and compounding a drug you could buy needs one of two justifications. “a pharmacist shall not compound any commercially available drug products unless: 1) The commercially available product is modified to produce a significant difference, in the professional judgment of the prescriber, between the compounded product for the patient and the comparable commercially available product; OR 2) The commercially available product is not available from normal distribution channels in a timely manner to meet the patient’s needs, AND the dispensing of the compounded product has been approved by the prescriber and the patient.” Note route 2 needs the PATIENT’s approval as well as the prescriber’s.

    N.J.A.C. 13:39-11.25(b) · verified Sep 2, 2026 · read at Internet Archive snapshot — evidence of a page, not the current rule

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