North Dakota advertising rules for med spas
FTC and state limits on how treatments and results may be marketed. Below are the North Dakota rules that govern it, each linked to its primary source.
Advertising rules in North Dakota
Advertising reaches a North Dakota physician through the disciplinary grounds. Three of the grounds in 43-17-31(1) bear on marketing: advertising for the practice of medicine in an untrue or deceptive manner; making false or misleading statements about the physician’s skill or the efficacy of any medicine; and practicing medicine under a false or assumed name. These claims establish those three grounds; they do not establish any disclosure, testimonial or before-and-after photography requirement.
The advertising for the practice of medicine in an untrue or deceptive manner.
N.D.C.C. § 43-17-31(1)(k) (Untrue or deceptive advertising) · verified Sep 5, 2026
The making of false or misleading statements about the physician's skill or the efficacy of any medicine
N.D.C.C. § 43-17-31(1)(b) (False or misleading claims about skill or efficacy) · verified Sep 5, 2026
The practice of medicine under a false or assumed name.
N.D.C.C. § 43-17-31(1)(j) (Practicing under a false or assumed name) · verified Sep 5, 2026
When it appears to the attorney general that a person has engaged in, or is engaging in, any practice declared unlawful by the consumer fraud chapter, or when the attorney general believes it to be in the public interest to investigate, the attorney general may require the person to file a statement or report under oath concerning the sale or advertisement of merchandise, examine the person under oath, and examine any merchandise, record, book, document, account, or paper.
N.D. Cent. Code § 51-15-04 · verified Sep 8, 2026
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