A medical spa is a facility that operates under the full-time, on-site supervision of a licensed health care professional. The facility operates within the scope of practice of its staff, and offers traditional, complementary, and alternative health practices and treatments in a spa-like setting. Practitioners working within a medical spa will be governed by their appropriate licensing board, if licensure is required.

Beauty/Skin:

A facility that is owned by an individual or corporate entity with an office/treatment area of a licensed health care professional located on the premises. Included in the services are medically based consultations and treatments provided by the licensed health care professional or medically trained aesthetician and therapists.

Therapeutic:

A facility that is owned by an individual or corporate entity with an office/treatment area of a licensed health care professional located on the premises. The offered services include therapeutic modalities that focus on specific medical issues such as cardiovascular disease and bariatrics.

Medical Centers/Hospital Based:

Facilities that offer an advanced level of diagnostic services, employing conventional and complementary therapies delivered in a specially designed healing environment. Services include both eastern and western techniques of evaluation and treatment integrated with a variety of spa services.

Wellness Centers:

Owned by physicians or entrepreneurs - and encompass many of the same services as the medical/hospital facilities if physician owned. If privately owned, facilities will have a licensed healthcare professional as Medical Director.

Courtesy of the International Medical Spa Association.