What are the license fees to open a med spa in Rhode Island?
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The cited rules do not settle total cost — they set only Department of Health fees for a barber/hairdresser-type shop license: $170 initial and $170 renewal, plus $25 per license application or renewal. No medical-side or med spa fees are listed.
Fees payable to the department shall be as follows: Barbers/hairdressers 5-10-10(a) Renewal application $25.00; Barbers/hairdressers 5-10-11[c] Application fee $25.00; Barbers/hairdressers 5-10-15 Shop license: initial $170.00 Barbers/hairdressers 5-10-15 Shop license: renewal $170.00.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-1-54 (Fees payable to the department of health — barbers/hairdressers, shop license) · verified Sep 7, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
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Applications for licenses under § 5-10-9 shall be made upon any forms that are prescribed by the division and are accompanied by an application fee established in regulation. Every person who wishes to renew his or her license must file with the administrator of professional regulation a renewal application duly executed together with the renewal fee as set forth in § 23-1-54.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-10-10(a) (Application form — Fee — Expiration and renewal of licenses) · verified Sep 7, 2026
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R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-19.1-2 (compounding is NOT copies of a commercially available product) · verified Sep 6, 2026
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