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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS	9 Months Ended
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS	Sep. 30, 2017
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS	RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS Several relatives of Nikolay Shilev, Bovie Bulgaria’s Managing Director, are considered related parties. Teodora Shileva, Mr. Shilev’s spouse is an employee of the company working in the Accounting department. Antoaneta Dimitrova Shileva-Toromanova, Mr. Shilev’s sister, is the Manager of Production and Human Resources. Svetoslav Shilev, Mr. Shilev’s son is an Engineer in the Quality Assurance department. A relative of Moshe Citronowicz, Bovie’s Senior Vice President, is considered a related party. Arik Zoran is a consultant of the Company doing business as AR Logic, Inc., a consulting firm owned by Arik Zoran, Mr. Citronowicz’s brother. The Company has been working with AR Logic since 2011 and as of April 14, 2017, the Company agreed to a renewal contract and terms to continue the consulting arrangement, expiring December 31, 2017. AR Logic was paid consulting fees of approximately $33,333 and $129,366 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively compared to $81,000 and $158,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016.