Uganda - Apply for Health Unit Operating License (Day Care Clinic) City

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Procedure

Apply In-person

1. To apply for a private health unit operating license (day care clinic-City), the applicant should visit the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council office with an application form C in a prescribed manner specified by the Council.find their website on the following link
   
   • The Act states that every person or body that intends to open a private health unit shall apply to the council for the License of the Day care Clinic health unit in the city.
2. Applicants are required to collect and complete the prescribed application form, obtainable from the Uganda medical and dental practitioner council head office. The Uganda medical and dental practitioner council (Licensing Board) Regulations, prescribes the form for the application for the license.
3. Submit the completed form in all respect and all the relevant documents to the Uganda medical and dental practitioner council Any omission of the supporting documents will render the application process incomplete.
4. The Uganda medical and dental practitioner council Licensing board shall, within 2 days of receipt of an application, investigate and prepare a detailed report in respect of the application.
5. Pay a non- refundable License application fee of Three hundred thousand(300,000) shillings to the Uganda medical and dental practitioner council (Licensing) Board.
6. The Act provides the procedure for registration; the council may, after making such inquiry as it considers necessary, and receiving a fee determined by the council, authorize the registration of the specific health unit.
7. The Authority shall notify the applicant, in writing, of its decision Within a period of 7 days after the afore-mentioned period, the Health committee of Uganda medical and dental practitioner council shall and upon registration, the health unit shall be granted licensed under the Act, and a license shall be issued as set out in Form C in the Third Schedule or may refuse to grant the application a license, it shall state the reasons in such notice.
8. At the discretion of the council and subject to conditions that the council may determine, the registrar may register a private Health Unit operated by a medical assistant, nurse or midwife, as the case may be, exclusively for the use of a body corporate of an institution but under the supervision of a registered medical practitioner.
9. The council shall cause a new health unit to be published in the Gazette soon after registration is authorized and a license issued in respect of a health unit with the particulars of the Health unit as stated in section 30 of the Act.
10. The license shall be subjected to terms and conditions as the health committee of Uganda nurses and midwives deem fit. The licensee shall also be subjected to supervision and monitoring by the health committee of Uganda medical and dental practitioner council.
11. A license shall expire at the end of one year from the date of issue and will be subject to renewal for one year at a time.

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Required Documents

• Fill the Application letter before submitting the council
• Attach Proof of registration with the nursing organization and the ministry
• Proof of valid medical certificate should be attached to the application
• List of medication to be used in a day care clinic
• Certificate of analysis (original copy) from the professional person
• Any supporting document (as required)by the council

Office Locations & Contacts

Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council - Head Office,
Plot 442, Kafeero Zone Road,
Mulago, Off Mawanda Road
Kampala, Uganda
P.O BOX 16115,
Kampala, Uganda
Tel/Fax: 256-414-345844
Email: [email protected]
Website:Link

Eligibility

• All health practitioners involved in health care service (day care clinic) or who intends to open a private day care health clinics in the city, can apply

Fees

• The License fees for a health unit operating a day care clinic is USh. 300,000.

Validity

• The license is Valid for one year and a renewal is required

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Processing Time

• The Maximum Processing time required for health unit operating a day care clinic is 5 days

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Instructions

• All day care clinics must register with Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council, and be familiar with the rules relating to the Medical practice in Uganda.

Required Information

• Day care clinic name and type
• Tax Identification Number
• Registration Certificate Number
• Incorporation Date
• Health unit physical and mailing address
• Contact number and email address
• Applicant names
• Source and category of the Health Unit.
• Services to be offered in the health unit
• Registration card details

Need for the Document

• The document is required to control the and regulate services offered by day care clinics for public safety.

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External Links

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