What happens if a med spa in New York operates without the right license?
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Practicing, offering to practice, or holding oneself out as able to practice a licensed profession without authorization — or aiding or abetting an unlicensed person to practice — is a class E felony.
N.Y. Educ. Law §6512(1) · verified Aug 17, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
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Physicians face discipline across an enumerated list of professional-misconduct grounds, which includes negligence on more than one occasion, incompetence on more than one occasion, and permitting or aiding an unlicensed person to perform activities requiring a license.
N.Y. Educ. Law §6530 · verified Aug 17, 2026
On a finding of professional misconduct the state Board for Professional Medical Conduct may censure and reprimand, suspend the license wholly or partly, limit it to a specified area or type of practice, revoke or annul it, impose a fine of up to $10,000 upon each specification of charges, and require up to 500 hours of public service.
N.Y. Pub. Health Law §230-a · verified Aug 17, 2026
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