When Can I Re-open?
April 29, 2020By Patrick O'Brien, JD, legal coordinator, American Med Spa AssociationAs the COVID-19 pandemic appears to come under control in many parts of [...]
North Carolina Medical Spa Offering Free Antibody Tests to Those on Front Lines of COVID-19 Pandemic
April 29, 2020A Jacksonville, North Carolina, medical spa is partnering with a Charlotte urgent care to offer rapid COVID-19 testing in Onslow County.Drive IV [...]
Oklahoma Osteopathy Board Adopts New Medical Spa Guidelines
April 27, 2020By Patrick O'Brien, JD, legal coordinator, American Med Spa AssociationIn late March, the Oklahoma State Board of Osteopathic Examiners adopted a new [...]
Can Your Employees Decline Re-employment in Favor of Unemployment Benefits?
April 24, 2020By Renee E. Coover, JD, ByrdAdatto As medical spas start planning their business re-launch and bringing back employees, many are struggling to [...]
Texas Medical Board Issues Emergency Rule Relating to Executive Order GA 15
April 22, 2020By Courtney P. Cowan, JD, ByrdAdattoPhysicians in Texas are anxiously waiting to learn whether the Texas Medical Board (TMB) would clear up [...]
Does New Texas Executive Order Let Med Spas Re-open?
April 21, 2020By Patrick O'Brien, JD, legal coordinator, American Med Spa AssociationThe short answer is: not yet. Last Friday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued [...]
No Longer Elective: States Lay Down the Law
March 26, 2020By Patrick O'Brien, JD, legal coordinator, American Med Spa AssociationMultiple authorities, from the surgeon general to the White House and the CDC, [...]
Doctors Without Clinics: The Overnight Rise of Telemedicine to Combat COVID-19
March 25, 2020By Bradford E. Adatto, Partner, ByrdAdattoMany of you are familiar with the organization Doctors Without Borders, but very few would have ever [...]
Texas Governor Suspends All Elective Surgeries
March 24, 2020Governor Greg Abbott today signed an Executive Order to expand hospital bed capacity as the state responds to the COVID-19 virus. These [...]
States Adjust Unemployment Requirements in Face of COVID-19
March 20, 2020By Patrick O'Brien, JD, legal coordinator, American Med Spa AssociationIn light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic disruption, multiple [...]
New York Is Expanding Paid Sick Leave for Workers Under Quarantine for COVID-19
March 20, 2020An emergency paid sick leave bill giving mandatory sick leave for many employees with COVID-19 or under government-order quarantine related to the [...]
Coronavirus: How Small Businesses in Florida Can Apply for Aid
March 19, 2020With the coronavirus pandemic shutting down business statewide, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis this week made $50 million available to small businesses in [...]
