North Carolina advertising rules for med spas
FTC and state limits on how treatments and results may be marketed. Below are the North Carolina rules that govern it, each linked to its primary source.
Advertising rules in North Carolina
Unfair methods of competition, and unfair or deceptive acts or practices, in or affecting commerce are unlawful in North Carolina. The Attorney General enforces this alongside any private action, and it reaches marketing conduct that no licensing board would touch.
N.C. Gen. Stat. §75-1.1(a) · verified Aug 17, 2026
The statute excludes professional services rendered by a member of a learned profession from its definition of commerce — but any party claiming to be exempt bears the burden of proving it. A med spa’s advertising and business conduct is not automatically covered by that exemption merely because a physician is involved.
N.C. Gen. Stat. §75-1.1(b), (d) · verified Aug 17, 2026
The Medical Board may discipline a physician who has advertised or publicly professed to treat human ailments under a system or school of treatment or practice other than the one the physician was educated in.
N.C. Gen. Stat. §90-14(a)(9) · verified Aug 17, 2026
In any suit instituted by the Attorney General to enjoin a practice alleged to violate G.S. 75-1.1, the presiding judge may, upon a final determination of the cause, order the restoration of any moneys or property and the cancellation of any contract obtained by any defendant as a result of the violation.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-15.1 · verified Sep 8, 2026
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