Where to Find a Medical Director for a Med Spa

Published September 25, 2026 · 8 minute read · General information, not legal advice. Your licensing regulators decide what applies to you.

If your menu includes services that need a supervising prescriber, you need a named person who will do the work, not only sign. Whether you need one, and for which services, is covered in do I need a medical director. This guide assumes you have worked through that and the answer for at least one service is yes.

Scope & Standard does not supply, match, or introduce medical directors. What follows describes the routes owners use, what to check on each, and how to spot an arrangement that will not hold up.

Route 1: A platform that includes medical director matching

Some med spa platforms bundle software, coaching, and an introduction service for prescribers.

Moxie says it introduces up to three medical director candidates from a network of physicians with aesthetics experience, screened by its team, and that the process typically takes up to 10 days after onboarding. Its page says the matching service is not available in one state, which it names. Pricing is not published.

Portrait lists medical director matching from what it describes as a nationwide network of licensed, vetted medical directors, alongside good faith exam tools, templates, and access to an in-house medical team. Pricing is not published.

We Treat says it matches med spas with medical directors and offers a mobile app for good faith exams, alongside launch consulting and marketing services. Pricing is not published.

What this route does well. It shortens the search. You get candidates who have agreed in advance to work with aesthetic practices, and the platform may provide tools the prescriber can use for chart review and sign-off.

What to check. Whether the prescriber's agreement is with you or with the platform. What happens to the arrangement if you leave the platform. Whether the platform's templates are the ones your prescriber will sign, and whether your prescriber has read them. Which services and sites the prescriber has agreed to cover.

Route 2: A standalone matching or staffing service

Separate services exist whose main business is introducing prescribers to practices that need supervision or collaboration. They vary in size, in how they screen physicians, and in whether they take an ongoing fee. The ones below each name med spas or aesthetic practices and IV hydration among the clinics they serve. The descriptions and prices are what each site states; none of them has been reviewed by us.

| Service | What its site says | Published price | |---|---|---| | Doctors For Providers | Physician-owned; matches practices with collaborating physicians and medical directors; offers sample IV hydration protocols; says it has helped more than 4,500 providers since 2021 and that most practices are matched within 24 to 48 hours | No matching fee; ongoing cost varies and is not published | | Medical Director Co. | Nurse-owned placement service that says it introduces licensed physicians in your state, often within 24 hours, and handles collaborative and supervising-physician agreements; says it has helped more than 500 practices | Starting at $799 per month, month to month | | NursePreneurs | Matches nurse-owned businesses with collaborating physicians through partner physician groups, with pre-written contracts and replacement physicians if a match fails; says matching takes up to 30 days | A general range of $700 to under $1,200 per month; contracts typically one year | | Wellness MD Group | Medical director services for med spas, IV clinics (clinic, mobile, and event-based), and wellness practices | Not published | | Wholesome Collaborations | Matches med spas, IV hydration lounges, and wellness clinics with medical directors | Retainers from $495 per month plus a $300 setup fee |

A fast introduction does not tell you whether the prescriber suits your menu. Before relying on any of these, confirm on the prescriber's own licensing record that the person introduced to you holds an active, unrestricted license where you practice. Then ask the service in writing what its fee covers and whether it continues after the introduction.

Route 3: A physician you find locally

Many arrangements start with a physician the owner already knows: a dermatologist, a plastic surgeon, an emergency or family physician, or a prescriber from a previous job. Hospital and clinic networks, local medical societies, and colleagues who already run practices are other starting points.

What this route does well. A local prescriber can more easily visit, review charts in person, and respond when something goes wrong. You also have a better chance of knowing how they practice.

What to check. Whether their malpractice coverage extends to supervising your services. Whether their employer allows outside directorships. Whether they have supervised the specific services on your menu before, and whether they are willing to learn the ones they have not.

Route 4: Professional associations and peers

Professional associations do not usually assign medical directors, but they are a way to meet people who do this work. The American Med Spa Association runs events such as its Medical Spa Boot Camp, which lists supervision requirements among its legal topics, and it publishes state legal summaries for members. The American IV Association serves IV clinic owners and operators. The International Society of Plastic and Aesthetic Nurses, a nonprofit founded in 1975, counts nurse injectors, advanced practice nurses, and physician assistants among its members. The International Association for Physicians in Aesthetic Medicine runs training and business workshops for physicians and nurse practitioners. Specialty societies for dermatology, plastic surgery, and laser medicine hold meetings where aesthetic prescribers attend. Peer owners are another source of names, with the caution that a prescriber who suits one practice's menu may not suit yours.

Questions to put to any candidate

Whichever route produces the name, the conversation with the prescriber is the same. These come from questions to ask before becoming a med spa medical director, turned around so the owner asks them:

Are you licensed where we practice, and does anything about your license limit this role?
Which services on our menu, now and planned, are you willing to oversee, and which are you not?
Who on our staff will perform each service, and what training records do you want to see before they start?
How much time will you give the practice, and how does that compare with what the services require?
Does your malpractice coverage extend to this role?
Have you reviewed our ownership structure, or will you want your own attorney to?
What will be ordered under your name, and how?
Which protocols will you write, and which will you review and sign?
What will chart review look like, and how often?
Will you stop a service you are not comfortable with, and how will you tell us?
Who covers after hours, and who covers when you are unavailable?
How many sites are you being asked to cover?
Who set the parameters on our devices, and will you review them?
How does either of us end the arrangement, and what happens to patients in treatment?

Write down the answers. Then record the agreed arrangement the way documenting your medical director arrangement describes: services covered, delegation and supervision per service, how orders are issued, availability and backup, authority to suspend, chart review, protocol sign-off, adverse event notification, and termination.

Red flags

A name-only arrangement. The prescriber agrees to be listed but not to review protocols, review charts, or be reachable. This is the most common failure, and it leaves your staff treating patients under oversight that does not exist.

No written agreement. A handshake or a text message is not a record anyone can check later. If the prescriber leaves, nobody can show what they agreed to.

The prescriber has not seen the protocols. Protocols supplied by a platform, a trainer, or a previous practice are drafts until the prescriber reviews and signs them.

Coverage that stops at one service line. A prescriber for weight management or injectables has not automatically agreed to oversee devices or IV therapy. Check each service.

Too many sites. Ask how many practices the prescriber already supervises. A number that makes chart review impossible is a warning.

Unclear fee terms. A fee tied to patient volume or revenue can raise legal questions in some jurisdictions. Ask your attorney before agreeing to one.

Pressure to sign before verification. Any route that asks you to start treating before you have checked the prescriber's license and your regulators' requirements is moving too fast.

Where our documents fit

Scope & Standard frameworks give you somewhere to write the answers down once you have a prescriber: competency records for the staff performing each service, intake and screening structure, and emergency preparedness records. They do not find the prescriber, and they do not tell you what your regulators require. The regulator directory lists the regulators who do.

Last checked: September 2026. Companies change their offerings; check their sites before deciding.

This week

List the services on your menu that need a supervising prescriber, and note which ones a candidate would have to cover.
Pick one route and contact two candidates or services, asking for fees and terms in writing.
Look up each candidate's license on the licensing regulator's own search page before the first meeting.
Take the question list above to each conversation and write the answers on the same page.

Get the framework. The documents described here ship blank, in this structure, with a Jurisdiction Verification page and a medical director sign-off line on every page.

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Questions this guide answers

How do I find a medical director for my med spa?

Owners usually go through a matching service, a platform that includes matching, a physician they already know locally, or introductions made through professional associations and peers. Whichever route you use, the prescriber has to be licensed where you practice, able to supervise the services on your menu, and willing to do the work the arrangement requires.

How much does a med spa medical director cost?

Most platforms and matching services do not publish their rates, and arrangements vary with the services, the number of sites, and how much chart review and availability the prescriber provides. Ask for the fee and what it covers in writing before you sign.

What is a red flag in a medical director arrangement?

A prescriber who agrees to lend a name but not to review protocols, review charts, be reachable during treatment hours, or stop a service they are not comfortable with. If the arrangement exists only on paper, the staff treating patients under it and the prescriber whose name is on it are both exposed.