What are the license fees to open a med spa in Ohio?
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Short answer
The cited rules do not settle a total cost — Ohio has no med-spa license; cosmetology fee ceilings are up to $100 for a new salon license or change of ownership, $90 renewal, $75 license by examination, $40 to apply to test.
💰 Ohio sets its cosmetology fees as ceilings, not fixed prices. The board “shall charge and collect the following nonrefundable fees”, each written as a maximum: “For the issuance of a new salon license or the change of name or ownership of a salon license … not more than one hundred dollars”; “for the renewal of a salon license … not more than ninety dollars”; “for the issuance of a license by examination … not more than seventy-five dollars”; and “for initial application to take an examination … not more than forty dollars”. a change of OWNERSHIP is priced the same as a new salon license — buying an existing spa is not the cheaper paperwork it looks like.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4713.10(A)(2), (5), (9), (10) · verified Sep 2, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
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⚠️ Ohio does license the premises — just not through the medical board. a manufacturer, outsourcing facility, third-party logistics provider, repackager or wholesale distributor may sell or distribute dangerous drugs only to a licensed terminal distributor of dangerous drugs, or to a person exempt from that licensure under § 4729.541. Whether a med spa may take delivery of a drug at all turns on which of those two it is.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4729.51(B) · verified Sep 2, 2026
The exemption looks generous at first. Exempt from terminal-distributor licensure are “a licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs”, and business entities — corporations, LLCs, partnerships or professional associations — whose sole shareholder is a prescriber authorized to provide the services offered, or where every shareholder, member or partner must be licensed to perform the professional service and each such individual is a prescriber.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4729.541(A)(1)–(3) · verified Sep 2, 2026
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