Every treatment has
its own rulebook.
Beauty isn't one set of rules — it's a different regulator for almost every service on your menu. Facials, needling, laser, injectables: council, NSW Health, AHPRA and the TGA, in the same room, on the same day. That's why it's so easy to be confidently non-compliant.
The rules moved in September 2025 — and they reached your marketing
AHPRA released new guidelines for non-surgical cosmetic procedures and separate guidelines for advertising higher-risk ones. Before and after photos, testimonials, inducements — what a clinic can legally publish is now constrained.
In this industry, marketing is compliance. Which means a rule change you didn't hear about doesn't just sit in a folder — it's live on your Instagram right now.
What a clinic is actually holding
- Skin penetration notification — premises performing skin penetration must notify their local council, and councils inspect hairdressers, beauty, nail and skin penetration premises annually.
- Infection control and sterilisation — standards, single-use requirements, sterilisation records, and a clinical and sharps waste arrangement that's actually current.
- Cosmetic injectables — botulinum toxin and dermal fillers are Schedule 4 medicines and must be administered by an AHPRA-registered practitioner. Registrations have expiry dates.
- Advertising rules — the September 2025 AHPRA guidelines govern how higher-risk procedures can be promoted.
- Laser and IPL — operator qualifications, signage, eyewear, device maintenance and treatment protocols. Worth knowing: in NSW, laser hair removal is expressly not classed as a skin penetration procedure — a rule people get wrong in both directions.
- Hairdressing qualifications — under the Hairdressers Act, you can't work as a hairdresser for reward without a recognised qualification.
- Consent, records and aftercare — treatment records and consent forms are your defence when a client is unhappy, and this is a high-complaint industry under consumer law.
- Staff and premises — the Hair and Beauty Award, workers comp, WHS, council fit-out approval, device servicing schedules.
- And the ones everyone forgets — insurance renewals and certificates, and your lease option date.
What Komiti does about it
Ask and check
- Business Q&A — cited answers on WHS, hiring, GST, insurance
- Setup checklist — opening a clinic or salon
- Payday Super check — the super rules changed 1 July
The compliance brain
- Treatment map — which rules apply to what's actually on your menu
- Practitioner register — AHPRA registrations, qualifications, expiries
- Sterilisation, device servicing and infection control logs
- Consent form and treatment protocol builder
- Document vault — ready for the annual council inspection
- Change alerts — AHPRA, advertising rules, TGA, award rates
Founding clinics
We're building this with a small number of clinics and salons rather than for an imaginary average one. Founding clinics shape what gets built first and lock founding pricing for the first year. No card, no commitment — you'll hear from Peter directly.