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State board upholds violation against medspa owner but reduces fine after she cured licensing gaps
Summary
Owner Candice Stewart told the board she promptly filed paperwork in 2022 but later discovered her salon application was refunded; the board found the establishment out of compliance, upheld the violation, and reduced the fine based on rapid corrective action and mitigating chronology.
The State Board of Cosmetology heard testimony from Candice Stewart, owner of a MedSpa that provides laser and advanced aesthetic services, about a multi-year licensing confusion after new rules for advanced aestheticians took effect in 2022. Stewart said she submitted notarized collaboration forms and other paperwork immediately after an inspector told her to “get in compliance,” but staff told the board the salon application was processed as incomplete and the fee was…
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