Who enforces deceptive med spa marketing in North Dakota?
Marketing · part of The Practice Perimeter
Short answer
The attorney general — under the consumer fraud chapter they may investigate deceptive advertising, take sworn statements and examine records; untrue or deceptive advertising for the practice of medicine is also a ground for physician discipline.
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 · 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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