If you are reading this post, it is more than likely that you are thinking of taking a very important step in your working life: starting your own dental clinic.But what is necessary to open a dental clinic?There are two main aspects that you should keep in mind.On the one hand, the mandatory documentation to avoid problems;and on the other, the requirements that the clinic must meet.First of all, it will be necessary to check the urban feasibility of both the activity and the premises.If everything is OK with this point, the next thing is to request the activity license.This depends on the characteristics of each clinic and the urban planning criteria of each City Council.In case it is necessary to have it, two cases can occur:In addition, in the case of a new construction, which is going to be dedicated solely and exclusively to operating as a dental clinic, together with the building license, the activity license can already be processed.The most normal thing is that all Health Centers, and this includes dental clinics, need to have an administrative authorization prior to their operation.The operating license depends on each Autonomous Community and is renewed every 5 years.The good news is that it can be renewed electronically.But be careful, because no notification of its expiration is received, you have to be aware.The Health license or Request for Health Authorization is essential for the dental clinic to have the go-ahead and to start operating.It is a fairly slow process, it is best to start processing it from the very beginning, assuming that all other permits and licenses are going to work out.It must be processed in the Ministry of Health.You must go to the Data Protection Agency, who will indicate how the dental clinic must adapt to current regulations and thus protect both the personal data of patients and their medical records.This is essential, since non-compliance carries severe fines.Among all the permits to request to open your dental clinic – either independently or in addition to what is mentioned in the previous points, – you must also provide:And although the documentation is extremely important, it will not help if the new dental clinic does not meet certain requirements, which we detail below.The dental clinic must have different areas or zones, each one focused on a specific activity or function and taking into account an ergonomic design.At a minimum, it should be these three:Within the treatment rooms, there should always be:As you can see, the list of documentation and requirements for opening a dental clinic is long, so it is important to have the organizations to which you must go well located.A good option for guidance in this regard and everything mentioned in the article are the official dental associations of each region.For example, you can go to the COEM in Madrid if this is where you want to open your clinic.And as a last recommendation, keep in mind the deadlines to be able to present all the permits and documents, so that there are no delays.If you are interested, Agustín Sánchez – Doctor in Biochemistry and Master in General Management and Business Administration – made a Guide for the purchase-sale of a dental clinic for the Gazette.Login to leave a commentThis website uses its own and third-party cookies to improve the user experience, perform user navigation analysis, show advertising related to your preferences and improve our services.If you continue browsing, we consider that you reject the use of cookies, and navigation errors or display problems of certain contents may occur.For more information, consult our cookies policy in advance.