Health Facility Registration

Who can apply

The proprietor — a person by their own ABSSIN, or a company by its business ABSSIN.

I am the proprietor
I am applying for the company that owns the facility

What you receive

A facility licence (MOH-HSP-2026-000123) valid for two years, with a QR code anyone can verify.

It is valid for 2 years from the day it is issued. It is issued as the Certificate of Registration of a Health Facility, with a QR code anyone can scan to confirm it is genuine and in force.

What you will need

Your application asks only for what your answers call for. Clear scans or photographs (PDF, JPG or PNG) are fine. Do not upload a tax clearance certificate: the Board of Internal Revenue checks it for you.

Letter of application Required
Medical director's current practising licence Required
Practising licences of the clinical staff (one PDF) Required
Photographs of the premises and wards Required
Medical waste disposal contract Required
Land document or lease of the premises (if it applies)
Means of identification of the proprietor (NIN slip, passport or driver's licence) Required For a person applying in their own name
Certificate of incorporation (or business name registration) Required For a company or business name
CAC status report (or Form CAC 7) naming the directors Required For a company or business name The desk officer confirms the directors you listed against it.

How it is processed

Desk review — your application and documents are being checked
Directors and CAC record — the company's directors are being confirmed For a company or business name only
Inspection — your premises are due for inspection
Technical review — your application is under technical review
BIR assessment and payment — with the Board of Internal Revenue for assessment and payment
Final review — your application is in final review
Approval — your application is with the approving authority
Issuance — your licence is being issued

Each stage is decided by the officer responsible for it, and approvals by officers who took no other part in the case. If anything more is needed you are asked on your Case Pass, and the clock waits for you. You are told at every step by SMS and WhatsApp.

The inspection

An inspector visits the premises before the application can go further. You are told the date in advance. The inspector checks:

Wards and consulting rooms
Theatre / labour room (where offered)
Infection control and waste
Drug store
Staff licences on display
Records

Start your application

You can save and come back. Have the holder's ABSSIN and the phone on its record to hand.

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Fees

There is no fee to apply. After the agency has reviewed your application, the Board of Internal Revenue assesses the fees on the agency's approved schedule and, once a director of the Board has authorised it, sends you one notice to pay. Depending on your answers it may include:

Registration fee — hospital
Registration fee — clinic or maternity
Registration fee — traditional medical health institution
Per-bed levy

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