What can a med spa advertise in North Carolina?
Marketing · part of The Practice Perimeter
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 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
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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
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