What does North Dakota prohibit in med spa advertising?
Marketing · part of The Practice Perimeter
Short answer
The cited rules do not settle this — they list no permitted claims, but make advertising the practice of medicine in an untrue or deceptive manner, and false or misleading statements about a physician's skill or a medicine's efficacy, grounds for discipline.
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.
Drawn from 4 verified rules in this section · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
Related North Dakota rules
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
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