Uganda - Register a Health Unit

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Procedure

Apply In-Person

• Every person or body who or which intends to open a private health unit shall apply to the council for the registration of the health unit.
• Registration for Health Unit can be obtained from Uganda medical Association.

1. Registration of health Unit is done in person by visiting the Uganda Medical Association Head Offices.
2. Here you will be issued with Application for registration of a health Unit to fill and submit.
3. This form can be picked from the Uganda Medical Association offices.
4. Fill in the required information carefully and attached the required documents. These include:
   • the name, address, qualifications and the date of registration of the medical or dental practitioner supervising the health unit;
   • the conditions, if any, attached to the licence;
   • the name and address of the health unit;
   • the medical or dental practitioner in whose name the health unit is to be registered.
5. This is followed by making an inquiry on the health unit by the medical council if this is considered necessary.
6. The council field officers will make recommendations on the application and forward their report forwarded to Medical Council’s Headquarters for the ultimate Board approval.
7. Upon a successful approval by the Medical Council board, a list of approved of Health unit applicants is published in the Uganda gazette.
8. At this point the applicant is notified and he/she will be required to pay the respective registration fee to the medical board and submit the receipt as proof of payment.
9. If all the necessary requirements have been fulfilled by the applicant, the council may register the health unit.

The Council may reject the application to register a health unit, if it is of the opinion that any health unit approved is not being maintained in a satisfactory state, the Council may direct that the health Unit be discontinued from giving medical service to the community.

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Required Documents

• Applicant should obtain Clearance from the ministry of health.
• Registration form(Applicant names)
• certificate of incorporation for a (Health Unit)
• Applicant should obtain clearance from Uganda medical Association.
• Original receipt for the proof of payment.
• Original trading License for the previous year for already existing health Unit.
• Health inspection certificate.
• Qualifications and other medical Certificates of the applicant.

Office Locations & Contacts

Uganda Medical Association - Head Office,
Plot 2 Kyagwe Road,
Kati House, 2nd Floor
P.O. Box 2243,
Kampala, Uganda
P.O. Box 2243,
Kampala, Uganda
Tel: +256 (0)706 744 927
Email: [email protected]
Website: Link

Eligibility

Any person, hospital/nursing home/health centre/maternity/dispensary/clinic/dental-surgery/specialized establishment Association, group or company who wants to erect/operate a Health Unit in Uganda can make this application.

Fees

The Uganda Medical Association shall determine the fees payable for registering a health Unit in Uganda from time to time.

Validity

The registration is valid for a period of 3 years.

Documents to Use

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Sample Documents

The Republic of Uganda
Form C.
Registration Certificate of Premises.
The Medical and Dental Practitioners Act.
This is to certify that is authorised………………………………………………………………
to operate a health unit known as…………………………………………………………….
hospital/nursing home/health centre/maternity/dispensary/clinic/dental-surgery/specialised establishment located at in………………………………………….district/town.
Licensed for the calendar year………………………………………………………
Fees Date of issue…………………………………………………………………………
Registrar…………………………………………………
Chairperson………………………………………………….
Conditions:

1. This certificate is issued to all units irrespective of ownership.
2. It is issued to all governmental and local authority health units once at the beginning of operation of the health unit. Under this arrangement registration fees are waived.
3. It is issued once to hospitals operated by NGOs at the payment of initial fees determined by the council.
4. This licence is issued annually to all other categories of health units and is renewable on satisfaction of medical standards and payment of registration fees.
5. This permit can be withdrawn at any time if the council is convinced the unit has inappropriate medical standards and presents danger to the users.

History: Statute 11/1996; S.I. 6/1998.
Cross References
Births and Deaths Registration Act, Cap. 309. Evidence Act, Cap. 6.Penal Code Act, Cap. 120.

Processing Time

Registration of health unit take a maximum of 5 days to process

Related Videos

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications. 
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites. 	
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver, 
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

Instructions

1. No person shall operate a private health unit or consulting room registered under this Act unless there is in attendance a registered medical or dental practitioner, as the case may be, to exercise personal supervision over its operation.
2. Notwithstanding subsection (1), a health unit may operate in the absence of a registered practitioner for the purpose of making appointments or dressing and administering follow-up treatments.
3. A medical or dental practitioner shall not, except with a special licence or permission, engage in stockpiling, retailing or wholesaling of drugs at his or her health unit.

Required Information

• Name of the applicant (individual / Organization)
• Address (Postal)
• Telephone
• Physical location
• Proposed name of Health Unit
• License category (Health Unit)

Need for the Document

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Information which might help

• The registrar or any medical or dental practitioner authorised by the council shall for the purpose of certifying that the provisions of this Act are complied with enter and inspect any health unit with the assistance of a law enforcement officer if necessary.
• If in the opinion of the person who made the inspection any action against the health unit is necessary, he or she shall submit a report to that effect to the council at the earliest opportunity.
• On receipt of a report made under subsection (2), the council may, after making or causing to be made such inquiry as is considered necessary and after affording an opportunity to the owner of the health unit to be heard, take action as it may consider fit.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

External Links

• External Link 1

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