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Medical-aesthetics ownership bill laid over to allow more stakeholder work
Summary
Sponsors said HB12-49 would modernize ownership rules so licensed practitioners who deliver aesthetic services can own medical-aesthetic corporations; sponsors requested a layover to work with physicians and professional boards and the committee agreed.
Representatives Briggs and Gonzalez presented HB12-49, a narrow proposal to allow licensed professionals who actually perform medical-aesthetic treatments (aestheticians, nurses, physician assistants and advanced practice nurses) to participate in ownership of corporations organized solely to provide those services. Sponsors emphasized the change would not alter scope of practice or board oversight and would preserve patient-safety standards.
Industry witnesses — licensed aestheticians, educators and regulatory counsel — described how many existing medical-spa practices in Colorado are already nonphysician-owned or operate in “gray areas” and urged a clear legal path for ownership. Witnesses and sponsors agreed to continue conversations with the Division of Professions & Occupations and physician groups. Sponsors asked to lay the bill over to make technical changes and to work with physician stakeholders; the committee agreed and laid HB12-49 over for future consideration.
