regulator · Panama
Directorate General of Public Health, MINSA (Dirección General de Salud Pública)
The MINSA directorate responsible for formulating and updating the legal and technical norms for all public and private health-service provision, and for the Sistema Único de Habilitación de Instalaciones de Salud (health-facility licensing system).
Scope of authority
Sets national health-service norms and licenses/enables (habilita) health facilities and establishments across the national health system.