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House panel advances bill requiring med‑spa disclosures, license postings
Summary
The House Health & Human Services Committee voted 13‑0 to send House Bill 1024 to the Committee of the Whole after testimony and stakeholder support for requiring med spas to disclose delegated providers and post medical director licensing and DORA contact information.
The House Health & Human Services Committee voted unanimously to advance House Bill 1024, which would require medical spas to disclose to consumers when medical procedures are delegated to unlicensed individuals and to post the medical director’s license and Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) contact information in conspicuous locations.
The measure aims to give patients clearer, written notice about who is performing injections, IVs and other medical aesthetic services and where to file complaints if care causes harm. Committee sponsor Representative Wilford told members “med spas are becoming increasingly popular” and that consumers “often have no idea that they may be receiving services from an unlicensed person.”
DORA’s Division of Professions and Occupations director, Sam Delp, told the panel the department supports the bill because it would require public posting of delegation information and a patient acknowledgement of that information. “Consumers will have a better understanding of who is performing the services as well as where to turn if they experience harm,” Delp said.
The Colorado Nurses Association raised similar concerns about patient confusion; Mark Longshore, RN, executive director, described cases in which people assumed a person in scrubs was a nurse or physician and said the bill’s required signage, advertising and consent‑form disclosures would “empower [patients] to give informed consent.”
Sponsors and supporters stressed the bill is designed to increase transparency, not to ban delegated care. Representative Bradley, a co‑sponsor, said the measure “is not adding additional regulations, just a layer of protection for the consumer.” Representatives asked about stakeholder outreach; sponsors said they had engaged the Colorado Medical Society, the Nurses Association and DORA and expected further testimony from those groups.
With no amendments offered, Representative Bradley moved the bill to the Committee of the Whole; Representative Wilford seconded. The roll call returned a 13‑0 vote in favor. The committee clerk recorded the motion as passing 13‑0.
If enacted, the bill would require med spas to make delegation status and the identity/contact information of licensed medical or nursing directors visible to consumers and to include a disclosure for patients indicating when services may be performed by delegated (unlicensed) personnel. The bill text referenced DORA contact information and the existing practice acts that allow delegation by physicians and advanced practice registered nurses; DORA testified that the change is intended to increase consumer protection and make it easier to file complaints.
The bill now moves to the Committee of the Whole for further consideration.
