The Diaper Spa owner will have to wait for two more public disciplinary hearings before authorities decide if she illegally operated her business without medical certification.

Colleen Ann Murphy, of Atkinson, was scheduled to appear before the New Hampshire Boards of Mental Health Practices and Psychology on Friday, but both were continued until later dates. Murphy was pressed by the Board of Medicine in her first disciplinary hearing on Wednesday.

The Board of Psychologists hearing will take place at 9 a.m., on May 3 at the New Hampshire Office of Professional Licensure and Certification, 7 Eagle Square, Concord.

It is unclear when the Mental Health Board hearing will be rescheduled.

The state boards are questioning Murphy’s certification in psychology, general medicine and mental health practices when she provided services to her clients.

The Diaper Spa, which she ran out of her Atkinson home at 23 Pope Road, catered to adults aged 21 and older, serving “all diaper-wearing individuals who seek acceptance, respite, and care” in a nursery-like atmosphere.

Public concern over the nature of the business arose in late January. The Atkinson Zoning Board of Adjustment denied The Diaper Spa a home business permit on Feb. 14 after its owner admitted operating from November until to Dec. 24, without a town or state business permit.

The upcoming state hearings will focus on if Murphy engaged in the unlawful and unlicensed practices of psychology and mental health.

On her business application which she submitted to Atkinson ZBA, she listed her services as “mental health counseling” with talk and experiential therapies.

She had also indicated on the application and subsequent hearings with the town and state that she saw on average one client per week at her home when The Diaper Spa was in operation.

Wednesday’s hearing centered around Murphy’s potential unauthorized medical practices. Murphy argued the Diaper Spa never offered any medical services, but rather provided a nurturing space for childlike experiences.

But Medicine Board member and family physician Jonathan Ballard questioned Murphy on some mental health and therapy aspects of The Diaper Spa and the community she was serving.

He said one of the state psychiatrists on their boards said paraphilia needs training and certification to treat people with the disorder. He said the community of Adult Baby Diaper Lovers, ABDL, can fall under this category.

“I was just accepting who they were,” Murphy said and added she did not diagnose anyone.

Ballard had also pressed her on putting psychiatry as an experience on one of her applications. Murphy responded she has never practiced psychiatry, but worked in a hospice setting offering emotional and behavioral support to patients and their families.

Murphy also explained she is a surrogate partner therapist.

She stated she has not been an active physician for several years, but pivoted to new ventures to use her expertise. Murphy tagged “MD” throughout her website as self-expression.

Murphy told the Medicine Board she never diagnosed anyone at The Diaper Spa or accessed psychiatric records of clients. She stated most of her business is tele-health remote coaching for people already seeing a therapist.

She said her business was used for people who sought to return to a playful, childlike frame of mind, both physically and emotionally, in order to relax.

Murphy has since put a disclaimer on The Diaper Spa’s website saying none of her services are intended for medical treatment or care.