Service Directory
Licensing of new health institutions
Granting of licences to new health institutions that provide health services in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Required Attachments
- Application form
- Project proposal
- Personal information of the authorized person
- Engineering maps
- Copy of Identity Card
- Pay the fee
- License to practise the profession in case of applying to open a private clinic
- Approval from the Supreme Council for Environment if a radiology service is required
- A list of medical supplies that will be used in the institution
- The institution is given six months after the final approval to submit the second and third documents, as well as to ensure the institution is fully operational.
Legal Regulations
- Ministerial Resolution No. (2) of 2019 regarding technical, engineering and safety requirements in health facilities
- Law No. (21) of 2015 regarding health facilities
Fees
- 50 BD : Application fee
- 50 BD : Preliminary approval fee
- 2000 BD : Hospitals - Less than 50 beds
- 2000 BD : Hospitals - From 51 to 100 beds
- 4000 BD : Hospitals - More than 100 beds
- 1000 BD : Medical Centers - General / Specialized Medical Centers
- 500 BD : Medical Centers - Alternative Medicine Center
- 300 BD : Clinics - Private clinic
- 500 BD : Clinics - 24 hours clinic
- 200 BD : Clinics - Health Unit
- 400 BD : Places to practice one of the paramedical professions - Optician check-up shop
- 300 BD : Places to practice one of the paramedical professions - Primary X-ray unit
- 500 BD : Places to practice one of the paramedical professions - Specialized Radiology Unit
- 700 BD : Places to practice one of the paramedical professions - Integrated radiology center
- 400 BD : Places to practice one of the paramedical professions - Primary laboratories
- 500 BD : laces to practice one of the paramedical professions - Specialized laboratories
- 600 BD : Places to practice one of the paramedical professions - public laboratories
- 700 BD : Places to practice one of the paramedical professions - Dental Center
- 800 BD : Places to practice one of the paramedical professions - Physiotherapy Center
- 300 BD : Places to practice one of the paramedical professions - Nutrition Center
- 500 BD : Places to practice one of the paramedical professions - Nursing Service Center
Process Time
- 5 Working Days
Service Provider
National Health Regulatory Authority
Service Processes
- Provide a new company Commercial Registration
- Submit an application to the NHRA
- Project evaluation
- Final inspection
- Payment of fee
- License is issued
- Upon the completion and passing of the final inspection by the NHRA, a final approval is issued, which takes effect after the data is verified and the prescribed fees are paid. The licence shall be active for a period of one year, starting from the date of issue.
