Does a med spa have to register or hold a license in Pennsylvania?
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There is no med-spa license in Pennsylvania. What exists instead are two filing duties people miss: corporate documents go to the licensing board before the Corporation Bureau, and a nurse practitioner’s collaborative agreement has to be kept current with the Board.
49 Pa. Code §21.285 · verified Aug 17, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
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A CRNP must notify the Board in writing whenever a prescriptive authority collaborative agreement is updated or terminated, filing the change form and the amended agreement with the Board and paying the prescribed fee. An agreement that quietly lapses is a live compliance gap, not a paperwork one.
49 Pa. Code §21.285 · verified Aug 17, 2026
A licensee may practice under a fictitious name only where that name is not misleading, deceptive, untrue or fraudulent, and where it is not otherwise prohibited by law — which is where a trading name that implies medical services the entity cannot lawfully provide would fail.
49 Pa. Code §25.214(c) · verified Aug 17, 2026
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