What Human Verified means
This profile’s owner authority and patient-facing information were checked by our team. License status and restrictions are checked with the relevant state licensing boards, and a Registered Nurse reviews the complete record. The badge expires after 6 months unless the practice completes re-verification.
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The six standards
Every Human Verified med spa meets all six. There is no partial badge: if a practice does not meet any one standard, it is not Human Verified. Each card says how that standard is checked. Verified means we confirmed it against an independent source; documents reviewed means the practice provided records that our Registered Nurse examined.
Medical Director Oversight
A licensed physician oversees treatment protocols, on-site or via documented supervision. We confirm the named physician holds an active, unrestricted license with the state medical board.
Verified with the state board
Clean Room Protocols
Written sterilization and infection-control procedures, with single-use disposables where required. The practice provides its protocol and our Registered Nurse reviews it.
Documents reviewed
Licensed Injectors Only
All injectable treatments are performed by RNs, NPs, PAs, or physicians. We check every named injector’s license status and restrictions with the state board.
Verified with the state board
Continuing Education
Staff complete annual training on the modalities they perform. The practice provides current-year certificates, which we collect and review.
Documents reviewed
Transparent Consent
Patients receive clear, written informed consent covering risks, alternatives, and pricing before any procedure. We review the practice’s consent forms.
Documents reviewed
Emergency Readiness
Anaphylaxis kits, emergency protocols, and a documented adverse-event response plan. The practice provides its written plan and attests to on-site readiness.
Documents reviewed · practice attested
Who does the checking
A member of our team speaks directly with the practice and gathers the records behind each standard. The medical director's and every named injector's licenses are checked against the state licensing boards, including any restrictions on file. A Registered Nurse then reviews the complete record and approves or rejects the verification. The public record shows the review date and the date the verification remains valid through.
Payment never buys the badge. A subscription covers the verification work; the result depends only on whether the practice meets the standards. Sponsored placement is a separate, disclosed feature. A listing can be Human Verified without being sponsored, and sponsored without being Human Verified.
What the badge shows and the 6-month rule
The badge carries two public dates: when the listing was last verified, and the date its verification remains valid through, 6 months later. When that window passes without re-verification, the badge is removed automatically. An expired verification is never displayed as current, and the listing itself stays in the directory.
Complete profile fields are published in machine-readable page content. This does not guarantee that any search engine or AI assistant will rank, cite, or recommend a listing.
Not every listing has a badge. Most of the 18,100+ med spas here were found from public sources and have not completed Human Verification — their pages show the information we hold without the badge. A Claimed Profilemeans the owner controls the listing's name, hours, contact information, and public details. Claimed Profile is text-only and is not Human Verification.
Google-rated listings and reviews
Google-rated means a listing shows the rating and review count that Google Places holds for the business. We display these as third-party data. They are stored on the listing as a snapshot, not a live feed, and can differ from what Google shows today. We do not publish a refresh schedule for them, so check the Google Maps page for the current figures.
Medical Spa Locator does not verify reviews. We do not confirm that an individual review came from a real patient, and Google ratings play no part in Human Verification. A high rating does not make a listing Human Verified, and a Human Verified listing can have any rating.
On a limited pilot, one approved profile shows live Google Maps review excerpts. They are requested from Google when the page is viewed and are not stored by us. Each carries the reviewer's Google name, a link to the review, Google's reporting link, and Google Maps attribution. A review missing any of that is omitted, and the page says so.
What is not verified
- Individual reviews, and whether a reviewer was a patient.
- Prices, offers, hours, and treatment availability. Confirm these with the practice.
- Clinical quality and treatment outcomes.
- HIPAA status. We have no verification method for it and never label it compliant or certified.
- Records the practice only attests to. These are labeled documents reviewed or attested, not verified.
- Listings without the badge. Most listings come from public sources and have not been through Human Verification.
How paid placement is kept separate
Claiming a listing or paying for a plan adds nothing to any trust or visibility score. Scores are computed only from observable listing information. This is a recorded product rule, and an automated test checks that every paid tier leaves both scores unchanged.
Paid plans can affect where a listing appears in results. Paid Enterprise listings appear in a labeled Sponsored section before other listings. Premium listings and claimed listings may be ordered ahead of others in the standard results, and that ordering is not labeled. Sponsored is paid visibility. It is not Human Verification and not an endorsement. Read the full editorial, verification and ranking policy.
Frequently asked questions
Are the reviews on Medical Spa Locator verified?+
No. Medical Spa Locator does not verify individual reviews. Listings show the Google rating and Google review count as third-party data, labeled Google-rated. We do not check that a review came from a real patient, and Google ratings are not part of Human Verification.
What does Google-rated mean on a listing?+
Google-rated means the listing shows the rating and review count Google Places holds for that business. The figures are stored on the listing as a snapshot and can differ from what Google shows today. Medical Spa Locator does not alter them or turn them into its own verification claim.
What does Human Verified check?+
Six standards: medical director oversight and licensed injectors, each checked against state licensing boards; and infection-control, continuing-education, consent, and emergency-readiness records, which a Registered Nurse reviews. Failing any one standard means no badge.
What does Human Verified not check?+
It does not check reviews, ratings, prices, treatment availability, clinical quality, or outcomes, and it is not an endorsement or medical advice. Where the practice supplies a document or attests, the page says documents reviewed or attested rather than verified.
How often is Human Verification refreshed?+
Each verification is valid for 6 months from the Registered Nurse approval date. After that the badge is removed automatically unless the practice completes a full re-verification with fresh evidence and a fresh review.
Can a med spa pay to be Human Verified or to raise its score?+
No. Claiming or paying contributes zero to any trust or visibility score, and a subscription covers the verification work, not the result. Paid tiers can affect placement in results. Enterprise placement is labeled Sponsored; Premium ordering in standard results is not labeled. Neither is verification.
What Human Verification is not
Human Verification confirms the listed information that was checked. It is not an endorsement, medical advice, or a guarantee of clinical quality, treatment availability, or outcomes.
Own a med spa?
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