ministry · Dominican Republic
Ministry of Public Health (Ministerio de Salud Pública, MISPAS)
The Dominican Republic's national health ministry issues and records the exequátur — the legal authorization required for health professionals (physicians and dentists) to practise — and provides a public tool to consult and verify a professional's exequátur.
Scope of authority
Grants and records the exequátur (state licence to practise) for health professionals and provides public verification of a professional's exequátur.
How to check a licence
- Open the exequátur consultation (linked from https://msp.gob.do/web/?page_id=276 'Consulta de Exequátur de Profesionales de la Salud', which says 'Precio : Gratis, Tiempo : Entrega inmediata')
- Choose the search criterion in the dropdown 'DropDownListCriterio' (options: Nombres, Cedula, No. Decreto, No. Registro)
- Type the name or part of it (page hint: 'Escriba el nombre o apellido, o parte de uno de los dos. Ej: Jose, Jo, Perez, etc.') in the text box
- Click 'Buscar' ('Limpiar' resets)
- Select a result to open the 'FICHA REGISTRO DE EXEQUATUR' with sections Datos Personales (Nombres, Cédula), Datos Profesión y Universidad (Profesión, Universidad), Datos del Registro (No. de Registro, Fecha de Registro, No. de Libro, No. de Folio), Datos del Decreto (No. de Decreto, Fecha de Decreto)
- Language: Spanish
- Covers: practitioners
Documented from the register page on 2026-10-04: “Escriba el nombre o apellido, o parte de uno de los dos. Ej: Jose, Jo, Perez, etc. ... FICHA REGISTRO DE EXEQUATUR”