State-by-state opening guides for clinicians starting a cash-pay practice. Each one walks the whole path, from entity and prescriber rules to labs, texting, payments and software, ties every legal statement to its source and lists what to confirm with the boards. This guide is operating information, not legal advice. Confirm the current rules with your state's medical, nursing and pharmacy boards and your counsel before you open.
Open a functional medicine clinic in Texas: who may own and practice, coach and dietitian limits, supplement sales tax and labels, specialty labs, Medicare and HSAs.
Open a GLP-1 weight loss clinic in Texas: physician-owned PLLC, NP and PA agreements, compounded semaglutide and tirzepatide rules, DEA for phentermine, software.
Open a hormone and menopause clinic in Texas: physician-owned PLLC, NP agreements, testosterone for women and DEA, compounded BHRT and pellet rules, labs, software.
Open a longevity clinic in Texas: physician-owned PLLC, NP and PA agreements, peptide and NAD compounding status, the IV therapy law, DEXA registration, payments.
Open a TRT clinic in Texas: physician-owned PLLC, DEA per location, NP and PA agreements with a 90-day Schedule III limit, labs, texting, payments, software.
Operating guides on memberships, compounding, texting and switching EHRs.