Labs, Supplements, and Legal Liability: Where Coaching Ends and Practicing Medicine Begins

What exactly does a health coaching certification legally allow you to do if you don’t hold a medical license?

On Tuesday, October 6th, FMCA hosted a special objective, no-nonsense Ask the Expert Q&A featuring Lisa Fraley, JD, Legal Coach®, and former health coach. As technology and access expands around lab testing and supplementation, the legal lines for current and potential coaches have never felt blurrier. In this straightforward, 60-minute session hosted by Dr. Sandra Scheinbaum, Lisa cuts through the industry noise to demystify the legal landscape of functional health coaching.

Rather than a formal presentation, this session dives directly into answering the most critical legal and liability questions from the health coaching community. Lisa provides clear, neutral reality checks on lab interpretation, supplements, and scope of practice. Watch the replay to learn how to protect your clients, protect your livelihood, and build a legally robust practice.

In this webinar replay, you will learn:

How state medical and dietetics laws interact with private health coaching certifications.
The legal mechanics and boundaries around direct-to-consumer lab ordering and interpretation.
How to safely educate clients on functional knowledge and supplements without “prescribing.”
The limits of client disclaimers and what actually triggers a State Medical Board investigation.
How to legally and safely navigate holding multiple credentials (e.g., NBHWC and functional practitioner courses).

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Labs, Supplements, and Legal Liability: Where Coaching Ends and Practicing Medicine Begins, With Lisa Fraley, JD:

Meet the Guest

Lisa Fraley, JD

Lisa Fraley Legal Coach LLC

Lisa Fraley, JD is a Legal Coach® and Attorney. She takes a holistic approach to law by blending her expertise as a former health care attorney in a large corporate law firm with the care of a Health & Life Coach trained through IIN and CoachU. Her goal is to make law easy to understand, accessible and affordable – and she uniquely aligns legal steps with the chakras.
With a Certificate in Sustainable Business Strategy from Harvard Business School Online, she’s the author of Easy Legal Steps…That Are Also Good for Your Soul (a #1 Amazon best seller in both Corporate Law and Ethics) and the host of the “Legally Enlightened Podcast” offering bite-sized legal tips in 20-minutes or less.

Lisa has spoken on international stages from the Bellagio to British Columbia. She’s been a legal expert on over 350 podcasts and interviews.

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