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NEWARK
- An employee at a Jersey City spa has been
arrested and charged with practicing medicine
without a license after investigators from
Consumer Affairs’ Enforcement Bureau
confirmed patrons there were being injected
with an unknown substance.
Neyda
Morales was arrested by Jersey City Police
Department officers following an investigation
conducted by Enforcement Bureau investigators
and police officers assigned to the Jersey
City Mayor’s Quality of Life Task
Force. The investigation resulted from a
consumer complaint filed in June about injections
being given to customers at the Sunshine
Splash Tan shop at 408 Central Avenue.
“Cosmetic
surgery, which includes injections, must
be performed by licensed physicians,”
Consumer Affairs Director David Szuchman
said. “Our concern is safeguarding
the public’s health and ensuring medical
procedures are properly performed by qualified
professionals.”
Consumer
Affairs regulates and oversees approximately
500,000 professionals working in more than
80 occupations, including physicians, nurses,
dentists, chiropractors and optometrists.
Consumers
who believe professional standards of conduct
or state regulations are being violated
may file a complaint with the Division of
Consumer Affairs. Complaint forms are available
online at www.njconsumeraffairs.gov.
Complaints also may be filed by calling
800-242-5846 (within N.J.) or 973-504-6200.
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