What limits does North Carolina place on a med spa's business structure?
Ownership · part of The Practice Perimeter
The Medical Board’s position is that businesses practicing medicine in North Carolina must be owned in their entirety by persons holding active North Carolina licenses, and that the owners must be licensees of the Board or one of the combinations the Professional Corporation Act permits. This is a board position statement, not a statute — it states how the Board reads the law it enforces.
NCMB Position Statement 10.1.2 (adopted March 2016, amended September 2025) · verified Aug 17, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
Related North Carolina rules
All of the shares of stock of a professional corporation must be owned and held by a licensee or licensees, at least one incorporator must be a licensee, and at least one director and one officer must be a licensee. The articles of incorporation must designate the professional services to be rendered and carry a certification from the appropriate licensing board that the shareholding requirements are met.
N.C. Gen. Stat. §55B-4 · verified Aug 17, 2026
The Professional Corporation Act lists the licensee combinations that may jointly own one corporation. The ones a med spa is most likely to use are a physician together with a licensed physician assistant, and a physician together with a nurse practitioner, psychiatric nursing specialist or nurse midwife.
N.C. Gen. Stat. §55B-14(c) · verified Aug 17, 2026
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