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State rules · CO
License lookups for the boards that cover spa and med spa treatments in Colorado, and what official sources say on five questions — each with its source and the date we checked.
4 official sources on 3 of 5 topics · 4 boards · 1 official lookup site · checked Sep 22, 2026
These are research summaries of official sources, checked on the dates shown. They are not legal advice, rules change, and the linked source controls. City and other municipal rules, including a local business license or zoning, can also apply. This page is the state board only. Confirm with the board.
Ask the person treating you for their license type and number, then search the board that issued it. A title like “injector” or “specialist” isn’t a license type, so a board lookup won’t list it.
Colorado Medical Board
When we checked on Sep 14, 2026, we couldn’t fully confirm this lookup — a page blocked our check or didn’t fully load. It may work fine; the board’s own site is where to confirm.
Checked Sep 14, 2026
Colorado Board of Nursing
When we checked on Sep 14, 2026, we couldn’t fully confirm this lookup — a page blocked our check or didn’t fully load. It may work fine; the board’s own site is where to confirm.
Checked Sep 14, 2026
Colorado Office of Barber and Cosmetology Licensure
When we checked on Sep 14, 2026, we couldn’t fully confirm this lookup — a page blocked our check or didn’t fully load. It may work fine; the board’s own site is where to confirm.
Checked Sep 14, 2026
Colorado Division of Professions and Occupations (DORA) - License Lookup
When we checked on Sep 14, 2026, we couldn’t fully confirm this lookup — a page blocked our check or didn’t fully load. It may work fine; the board’s own site is where to confirm.
Checked Sep 14, 2026
What to look for on the lookup
Every board’s lookup looks a little different. If something is unclear, contact the board.
Where we found an official statement, you’ll see our plain summary, the source, how binding that kind of source is, and when we checked. Where we didn’t, you’ll see the question to ask the place instead.
These are research summaries of official sources, checked on the dates shown. They are not legal advice, rules change, and the linked source controls. City and other municipal rules, including a local business license or zoning, can also apply. This page is the state board only. Confirm with the board.
We found official statements on 3 of 5 topics. Not located yet: who may own a med spa; iv hydration and drips. Not located means we have nothing official to show you — it says nothing about what is allowed.
Colorado Medical Board Rule 1.17 treats cosmetic injections of any substance as medical-aesthetic services, which are the practice of medicine. A physician may delegate them to someone not licensed to perform them only under the rule's conditions. Delegation to PAs and to people regulated by the Board of Nursing falls under other rules and the Nurse Practice Act.
Law or regulationPublished or effective Jul 15, 2023Checked Sep 14, 2026
Rule 1.17(F)(1)(a)(3) requires the delegating physician to perform over-the-shoulder direct observation of the delegatee's performance of any medical service before authorizing that service outside the physician's physical presence. The physician may rely on another Colorado Medical Board licensee's evaluation of that skill. Rule 1.17(H)(5) says that, except as otherwise provided in these Rules, a physician must be on the premises and readily available to provide adequate personal and responsible direction and supervision. Rule 1.17(H)(6) says that where a delegatee is acting under specific and detailed written protocols and adequate written emergency protocols are in place, the delegating physician's presence on the premises may not be necessary. The delegating physician must still be physically present in Colorado and available to promptly, personally attend the patient. If the delegating physician is not physically present in Colorado, they must identify a covering physician who is physically present in Colorado and available to promptly, personally attend. Rule 1.17(H)(7) requires the delegating physician, at least every two weeks, to monitor the quality of the delegatee's services at the site where those services are performed, through means such as direct observation, review of care, outcomes, equipment, protocols, procedures and charts.
Law or regulationPublished or effective Jul 15, 2023Checked Sep 22, 2026
Still ask the place: “Who will inject me, what license do they hold, and which clinician examined me, ordered this and supervises them?”
We haven’t found an official statement on this for Colorado yet.
That doesn’t tell you whether something is allowed or not — only that we have no official statement to show you.
Ask the place
“Who owns this practice, and who is its medical director?”
Check it with the board
“Must a practice offering medical aesthetic services be owned by, or employ, a licensed physician — and must it name a medical director?”
Put this to the board, or search its rules and position statements for it. Its answer, with a date, is what settles it — not the place’s.
Who decides
Usually the medical board, sometimes alongside state health or business law.
On file for Colorado: Colorado Medical Board.
Rule 1.17 says using lasers to revise, destroy, cut or structurally alter human tissue is the practice of medicine, as is using Class IIIb or higher lasers or pulsed light devices. Using Class I, II and IIIa devices, including lasers in those classes, is not a medical service under the rule.
Law or regulationPublished or effective Jul 15, 2023Checked Sep 14, 2026
Still ask the place: “Who operates the laser or IPL device, what license or certification do they hold, and who supervises them?”
We haven’t found an official statement on this for Colorado yet.
That doesn’t tell you whether something is allowed or not — only that we have no official statement to show you.
Ask the place
“Who assesses me and orders what goes in the bag, and who places the IV — under which license?”
Check it with the board
“Who may order elective IV hydration or vitamin infusions, who may start and monitor the IV, and is a standing order allowed?”
Put this to the board, or search its rules and position statements for it. Its answer, with a date, is what settles it — not the place’s.
Who decides
Usually the nursing and medical boards; sometimes the pharmacy board.
On file for Colorado: Colorado Medical Board, Colorado Board of Nursing.
Colorado's barber and cosmetology rules bar licensees, including estheticians, from any service or device that penetrates, destroys or alters skin beyond the epidermis, or that would need physician delegation unless that delegation is in place. With extra training, estheticians may do chemical resurfacing exfoliation and microdermabrasion, but may not use substances that require a licensed healthcare provider or that alter skin below the epidermis.
Law or regulationChecked Sep 14, 2026
Still ask the place: “What license does the person doing this hold, and does that license cover this treatment?”
The official documents above, once each. Rules change; the linked source controls, and the date is when we last opened it.
What the menu name doesn’t tell you, and what to ask before you book.