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October 21, 2025

Second California Law That Affects MSOs Passes

California has now passed two laws that will have an effect on how investors, health care entities and management services ...

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October 9, 2025

New California Law Affects MSOs

A newly passed law in California will prohibit certain contractual provisions between medical and dental practices and private equity groups ...

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October 8, 2025

Texas Medical Board Clarifies Alternative Medicine Rules

By Patrick O'Brien, General Counsel, American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)The September bulletin from the Texas Medical Board (TMB) helps to ...

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September 24, 2025

Alabama Reiterates Cosmetic Injection Rules: No RN Injectors

By Patrick O’Brien, General Counsel, American Med Spa AssociationOn September 23, 2025, the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners (BME) issued ...

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August 29, 2025

New Texas Text Messaging Law

By Patrick O’Brien, General Counsel, American Med Spa AssociationA new law in Texas goes into effect on September 1, 2025 ...

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August 26, 2025

What to Do If ICE Comes to Your Medical Spa

Recently, there have been several news articles and viral videos about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers conducting enforcement actions ...

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August 21, 2025

Texas Tightens Noncompete Rules for Health Care Providers: What You Need to Know About SB 1318

By Michael S. Byrd, JD, ByrdAdattoStarting September 1, 2025, Texas health care providers will see major changes in how non-compete ...

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August 19, 2025

Wisconsin Passes APRN Independent Practice

By Patrick O’Brien, JD, General Counsel, American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)On August 8, 2025, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers signed 202 ...

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July 8, 2025

Rhode Island Passes New Med Spa Law

By Patrick O’Brien, Legal Coordinator, American Med Spa AssociationRhode Island has passed a law regulating medical spas after several years ...

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June 12, 2025

Med Spa Patient Safety and Legal Compliance Have Never Been More Important

By Eric Atienza, Assistant Director of Digital Marketing and Marketing TechnologyFor the thousands of safe, responsible clinicians in medical aesthetics ...

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June 9, 2025

HB 3749, Greg Abbott, and... John Oliver?

HBO's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver discussed public concerns about how med spas operate.By Alex Thiersch, CEO, AmSpaJohn Oliver ...

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June 3, 2025

Revised Texas House Bill 3749 Heads to Governor’s Desk

Texas House Bill 3749, dubbed “Jenifer’s Law,” has passed in both the Texas House of Representatives and the Senate, was ...

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May 14, 2025

New Colorado Law Adds Med Spa Disclosures

Colorado recently passed a law aimed at improving transparency in medical spas and aesthetic practices that use unlicensed medical assistants ...

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May 5, 2025

Texas Med Spa Bill Is Scrapped, Re-written As an IV Therapy Bill; HB 3749 Passes Out of Committee

A whirlwind and emotional couple of days results in a totally different bill... and a major win for med spas ...

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April 29, 2025

Semaglutide Compounding to End

By Madilyn Moeller, Marketing Content CoordinatorIn an April 24, 2025, decision, a U.S. judge denied compounding pharmacies the ability to ...

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April 3, 2025

Letter from AmSpa Founder on Texas Med Spa Bill Restricting NPs and PAs

On March 4, 2025 HB 3749 was introduced in the Texas House of Representatives seeking to significantly restrict NPs and ...

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