• New Proposed Telemedicine Rules in Kansas

    January 4, 2019

    The Kansas Board of Healing Arts has proposed new administrative rules that will affect the use of telemedicine by Kansas health care [...]

  • California Mandates New Security Features For Prescription Pads

    January 4, 2019

    Effective January 1, 2019, all written prescriptions in California will need to be made on new prescription pads that incorporate a number [...]

  • Dermaplaning: Surgery or a Close Shave? Part 1

    January 3, 2019

    By Patrick O'Brien, J.D., Legal Coordinator for the American Med Spa AssociationDermaplaning over the last couple of years has become one of [...]

  • Interesting Electrologists Bill Introduced in New Hampshire

    January 2, 2019

    New Hampshire House Representative Peter Schmidt introduced a new bill for the 2019 legislative session that seeks to amend the electrology statute. [...]

  • Telemedicine Overhaul Introduced in North Dakota Senate

    January 2, 2019

    A new telemedicine bill was just introduced in the North Dakota Senate.  The Bill was introduced by Human Services on December 21 [...]

  • AmSpa Year In Review 2018: Podcasts, Webinars and Blog Posts

    December 27, 2018

    There were a lot of great things AmSpa put out in 2018! Here are a few blog posts, podcasts and webinars you [...]

  • What Procedures Can an LVN Perform in Texas Medical Spas? The Texas Nursing Board Has Answers… Kind Of

    December 20, 2018

    By Alex R. Thiersch, CEO of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)The recent medical spa related arrests in the Houston, Texas area [...]

  • New Bill in South Carolina would grant PAs more autonomy

    December 19, 2018

    A Representative in the South Carolina House has just introduced a new bill that if passed would give physician assistants (PAs) more [...]

  • Who Can Perform Aquagold Fine Touch Procedures?

    December 11, 2018

    By Alex R. Thiersch, CEO of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)Aquagold Fine Touch is a channeling device offered for sale by [...]

  • Emsculpt Laws and Your Med Spa

    December 10, 2018

    By Michael S. Byrd, JD, Partner, ByrdAdattoUnless you've been living under a rock, you may have noticed the increasing number of medical [...]

  • Tennessee Medical Spas Have New Registration Requirements

    December 7, 2018

    Since January 1, 2016, medical spas in Tennessee have been required to register with the Board of Medical Examiners as required by Tennessee [...]

  • Houston PD Appears to be Bringing the Hammer Down as Fourth Arrest Made in Houston Med Spa “Crackdown”

    December 6, 2018

    By Alex R. Thiersch, CEO of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)The first line of this story from the local ABC affiliate [...]