Who needs a physician supervision of laser and injectable procedures in District of Columbia?
Issued by Board of Medicine (DC Health, Health Regulation and Licensing Administration), at step 4 of 6 in the opening sequence: get the permits for your kind of business.
1 of the 20 kinds of business in District of Columbia
Laser hair removal, intense pulsed light and injectables are the practice of medicine: performed by a physician, or by a nurse, physician assistant or other person licensed under the Health Occupations Revision Act under a physician’s supervision after an evaluation of the client, and never by an esthetician or cosmetologist on their own license. The Board has said a physician may treat inside a salon, but the medical side belongs to the licensed practitioner. The business itself needs only the General Business BBL.
Checked Oct 21, 2026 against the agency’s page.
Step 4 of 6: Get the permits for your kind of business
1Set up the business
2Register for tax
3Approve the space
4Get the permits for your kind of business
5Alcohol permits
6Before the first hire
Issued by Board of Medicine (DC Health, Health Regulation and Licensing Administration).
Sources and dates
17 DCMR chapter 46 (Board of Medicine); 17 DCMR chapter 37 (cosmetology scope, which excludes hair removal by laser or intense pulsed light); DC Health rulemaking on laser hair removal in medical settings; Board of Medicine policy on the practice of medicine in a cosmetology salon. Checked against the agency’s page on the date shown; cities add their own fees.
Questions about opening here.
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No. In District of Columbia it is listed for med spas.
No. In District of Columbia it is listed for med spas.
No. In District of Columbia it is listed for med spas.
Yes. Laser hair removal, intense pulsed light and injectables are the practice of medicine: performed by a physician, or by a nurse, physician assistant or other person licensed under the Health Occupations Revision Act under a physician’s supervision after an evaluation of the client, and never by an esthetician or cosmetologist on their own license.
No. In District of Columbia it is listed for med spas.
No. In District of Columbia it is listed for med spas.
No. In District of Columbia it is listed for med spas.
No. In District of Columbia it is listed for med spas.
No. In District of Columbia it is listed for med spas.
No. In District of Columbia it is listed for med spas.
No. In District of Columbia it is listed for med spas.
Board of Medicine (DC Health, Health Regulation and Licensing Administration).
Step 4 of 6, get the permits for your kind of business. The steps before it: set up the business, register for tax and approve the space.
Who needs a physician supervision of laser in District of Columbia?
