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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS	3 Months Ended
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS	Mar. 31, 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 March 31, 2017, the Company is actively negotiating a renewal contract and terms to continue the consulting arrangement. AR Logic was paid consulting fees of approximately $28,500 and $30,000 during the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.