Who needs a physician supervision of laser and injectable procedures in South Dakota?

Issued by South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners; South Dakota Board of Nursing, 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 South Dakota

Laser hair removal, intense pulsed light and injectables are the practice of medicine: performed by a physician, or by a nurse practitioner or physician assistant trained in the modality under a collaborating or supervising physician, and not by an esthetician or cosmetologist. The medical side of the business belongs to a licensed practitioner; the spa itself needs only the ordinary business registrations.

Draft. This row was drafted from the agency’s own page and has not yet been confirmed against it. Confirm it with the agency before you pay anything.

Step 4 of 6: Get the permits for your kind of business

  1. Set up the business
  2. Register for tax
  3. Approve the space
  4. Get the permits for your kind of business
  5. Alcohol permits
  6. Before the first hire

Issued by South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners; South Dakota Board of Nursing.

Sources and dates

SDCL 36-4-82 (use of a laser to alter human tissue is surgery, which is the practice of medicine); Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners and Board of Nursing guidance on laser procedures. Checked against the agency’s page on the date shown; cities add their own fees.

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