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State rules · NY
License lookups for the boards that cover spa and med spa treatments in New York, and what official sources say on five questions — each with its source and the date we checked.
2 official sources on 2 of 5 topics · 3 boards · 1 official lookup site · checked Sep 14, 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.
New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions: Physicians
Checked Sep 14, 2026
New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions: Registered Professional Nursing (State Board for Nursing)
Checked Sep 14, 2026
New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions: Physician Assistants
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 2 of 5 topics. Not located yet: who may own a med spa; who may operate lasers and ipl; what estheticians may do. Not located means we have nothing official to show you — it says nothing about what is allowed.
NYSED's guidance on using medical assistants lists administering injections of any kind, drawing up medication in syringes, and administering medications by any route among the tasks that unlicensed persons cannot perform.
Board guidance — may not be bindingChecked Sep 14, 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 New York 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 New York: New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions: Physicians.
We haven’t found an official statement on this for New York 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 operates the laser or IPL device, what license or certification do they hold, and who supervises them?”
Check it with the board
“Is cosmetic laser or IPL use the practice of medicine here, may it be delegated, to whom, and under what supervision or certification?”
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; some states also involve the nursing or cosmetology board.
On file for New York: New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions: Physicians, New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions: Registered Professional Nursing (State Board for Nursing).
The State Board for Nursing says an LPN may provide IV therapy only if appropriately trained and clinically competent, and in health facilities only under the onsite supervision of an RN, nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist or physician (or a dentist or podiatrist for their patients). LPNs may not give drugs by IV push (other than flushes) or a first dose of any drug. The guidance addresses health care facility settings and does not specifically address IV hydration businesses.
Board guidance — may not be bindingChecked Sep 14, 2026
Still ask the place: “Who assesses me and orders what goes in the bag, and who places the IV — under which license?”
We haven’t found an official statement on this for New York 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
“What license does the person doing this hold, and does that license cover this treatment?”
Check it with the board
“Which skin treatments are within a licensed esthetician's scope here — peel depth, microneedling, devices — and which are not?”
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 cosmetology or esthetics board.
We don’t have that board on file for New York yet.
The official documents above, once each. Rules change; the linked source controls, and the date is when we last opened it.
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