What limits does Washington place on a med spa's business structure?
Ownership · part of The Practice Perimeter
Short answer
The cited rules do not settle this — they establish only that if the practice is organized as a professional service corporation, its shareholders and incorporators must be individuals licensed to render that same professional service.
An individual or group of individuals duly licensed or otherwise legally authorized to render THE SAME professional services within this state may organize and become shareholders of a professional corporation for the purpose of rendering professional service, and one or more of those legally authorized individuals must be the incorporators. The qualification to hold shares is the license to do the work.
Wash. Rev. Code 18.100.050(1) · verified Sep 2, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
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The Act names its own exceptions rather than leaving them to be inferred: registered architects and engineers may share one professional service corporation, and licensed health care professionals serving enrolled participants of a registered health maintenance organization may own stock in and practice through one professional service corporation. Professionals may also organize a nonprofit nonstock corporation under the chapter.
Wash. Rev. Code 18.100.050(2), (3) and (4) · verified Sep 2, 2026
⚠️ Washington’s rebate ban reaches the sale of the drug itself, not just referrals. It is unlawful to pay or allow, or for a licensee to request or receive, “directly or indirectly, a rebate, refund, commission, unearned discount or profit by means of a credit or other valuable consideration in connection with the referral of patients … OR … on the sale, rental, furnishing or supplying of … drugs, medication, or medical supplies, or any other goods, services or supplies prescribed for medical diagnosis, care or treatment.”
Wash. Rev. Code § 19.68.010(1) · verified Sep 2, 2026
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