Who needs a physician delegation and supervision in Wisconsin?
Issued by Wisconsin Medical Examining Board (Department of Safety and Professional Services), at step 4 of 6 in the opening sequence: get the permits for your kind of business.
Laser hair removal, intense pulsed light and injectables are medical procedures: performed by a physician, or delegated under Med 10 to a nurse, physician assistant or other person the physician has reasonable evidence is competent, under written protocols and adequate supervision. A cosmetology licensee may use a laser or IPL device only as a delegated procedure under a physician’s written protocol, and on a minor only with a parent present. Whoever owns the business, the delegating physician answers to the Board for the supervision.
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 Wisconsin Medical Examining Board (Department of Safety and Professional Services).
Sources and dates
Med 10 (adequate supervision of delegated medical acts, unprofessional conduct); Cos 2.025 (laser hair removal and intense pulsed light as delegated medical procedures); Wis. Stat. chapter 448. Checked against the agency’s page on the date shown; cities add their own fees.
Questions about opening here.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for med spas.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for med spas.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for med spas.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for med spas.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for med spas.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for med spas.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for med spas.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for med spas.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for med spas.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for med spas.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for med spas.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for med spas.
Yes. Laser hair removal, intense pulsed light and injectables are medical procedures: performed by a physician, or delegated under Med 10 to a nurse, physician assistant or other person the physician has reasonable evidence is competent, under written protocols and adequate supervision.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for med spas.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for med spas.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for med spas.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for med spas.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for med spas.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for med spas.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for med spas.
Wisconsin Medical Examining Board (Department of Safety and Professional Services).
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 delegation and supervision in Wisconsin?
