What limits does Rhode Island place on a med spa's business structure?
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Short answer
The cited rules do not settle this — they require no particular form; but a professional corporation rendering medical services must have every officer, director and shareholder licensed to practice, and may combine only the listed clinical professions.
Any corporation organized under this chapter may engage in rendering professional services of not more than one of the professions enumerated in §7-5.1-2, provided that every officer, director, and shareholder of the corporation is an individual authorized to practice the profession and is employed by the corporation in that practice. No individual may be an officer, shareholder, director, or employee of any other corporation engaged in the practice of the same profession without the prior written approval of the applicable regulatory agency or agencies.
R.I. Gen. Laws §7-5.1-3(a) · verified Sep 3, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
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If any shareholder becomes ineligible, he or she shall transfer his or her shares to an eligible person or offer them to the corporation for redemption at their fair-market value. If the articles of incorporation or the bylaws of the corporation restrict transfer of its shares, and transfer of the shares to an eligible person is prevented, the corporation shall redeem the shares of the ineligible shareholder, and compensate the ineligible shareholder in full for the fair-market value of his or her shares determined as of the date that the ineligibility occurred.
R.I. Gen. Laws §7-5.1-5(a) · verified Sep 3, 2026
Nothing in these provisions is to be construed to prohibit a corporation organized under this chapter from engaging in the practice of the following combination of professions: Physicians, dentists, registered nurses, podiatrists, optometrists, physician assistants, chiropractic physicians, physical therapists, psychologists, midwives, or nurse-midwives.
R.I. Gen. Laws §7-5.1-3(b)(1) · verified Sep 3, 2026
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