Live Q&A Featuring
Lisa Fraley, JD
Attorney, Legal Coach®, Speaker, Podcast Host
RECENT WEBINAR // Recorded on Tuesday, October 6, 2026
Labs, Supplements, and Legal Liability: Where Coaching Ends and Practicing Medicine Begins
Learn how to practice functional health coaching safely and legally
Join FMCA for an 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 will cut through the industry noise to demystify the legal landscape of functional health coaching.
Rather than a formal presentation, this session will dive directly into answering the most critical legal and liability questions from the health coaching community. Lisa will provide clear, neutral reality checks on lab interpretation, supplements, and scope of practice. Join us to learn how to protect your clients, protect your livelihood, and build a legally robust practice.
What You’ll Learn:
- How state medical and dietetics laws interact with private health coach or “practitioner” certifications.
- The legal mechanics and boundaries around direct-to-consumer lab ordering, physician authorization networks, and lab 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 certifications).
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FMCA hosts virtual events every month, which include public webinars, our Ask The Expert series, and “Lunch and Learns” for prospective students. Every event is completely free to register for and attend.
Even if you can’t make an event time, we encourage you to register because we always send full webinar replays. Attendees can even receive copies of presenter slides along with exclusive offers.
Replays Of Past Events
While we don’t make public replays of every FMCA virtual event, we try to share as many as possible. Here’s a list of available webinars we’ve hosted in the past:
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The Future of Weight Health: A Client-Centered Approach to Better Nutrition
Learn how small, strategic nutrition shifts can drive meaningful improvements in weight and metabolic health with Ashley Koff, RD and Dr. Sandi.
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DTC Lab Testing Summit: From Results to Lifestyle Change
Watch the FMCA DTC Lab Testing Summit replay to discover how pioneers in functional medicine and health coaching are transforming direct-to-consumer lab data into actionable lifestyle change. Access 5 expert-led sessions on women’s health, the microbiome, epigenetic aging, and more.
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Enabling Predictive Health through Multi-Omic Analysis
Explore next-gen blood testing with Rob Fraser of Molecular You. Discover how key biomarkers can uncover hidden health risks before symptoms appear.
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The Clinical Impacts of DTC Lab Testing
Dr. Donese Worden shares the physician's perspective on DTC lab testing. Learn how clinical outcomes and patient compliance improve with direct access to lab data.
