medical council · Poland
Supreme Medical Chamber (Naczelna Izba Lekarska)
Central Polish professional chamber for physicians and dentists (Naczelna Izba Lekarska, NIL). Mandatory for all practising doctors and dentists; maintains the central practitioner register (Centralny Rejestr Lekarzy) that is searchable by name and licence number.
Key facts
- Body:
- Naczelna Izba Lekarska (NIL), the Supreme Medical Chamber of Poland
- Register:
- Centralny Rejestr Lekarzy, the central practitioner register, at rejestr.nil.org.pl
- Covers:
- Practitioners (physicians and dentists), not facilities
- Search by:
- Numer PWZ (licence number), first name, surname or PESEL; at least one is required
- Results show:
- Name, Nr PWZ and professional title
- Access:
- Needs a Google reCAPTCHA and JavaScript; the served page is an empty shell, which defeats simple automated checks
- Language:
- Polish only
- Complaints:
- To the Okręgowy Rzecznik Odpowiedzialności Zawodowej (OROZ) of the doctor's regional chamber
Scope of authority
Supreme Medical Chamber of Poland (Naczelna Izba Lekarska, NIL). Mandatory registration for practising physicians; regional chambers operate disciplinary courts with sanctions ranging from reprimand to removal from the register. Polish Medical Council registration is required for legal practice.
How to check a licence
- Enter at least one of: 'Numer PWZ:', 'Imię:', 'Nazwisko:' or 'PESEL:' (page text: 'Do wyszukania informacji wymagane jest podanie przynajmniej jednej danej.')
- Optionally tick 'Wyszukuj również po nazwisku panieńskim i poprzednim'
- Complete the Google reCAPTCHA, then click 'Wyszukaj'
- Results table columns: 'Imię i nazwisko', 'Nr PWZ', 'Tytuł zawodowy'
- Language: Polish
- Covers: practitioners
- CAPTCHA
- Interactive app — fields not visible to automated checks
The served page is an empty shell: the quote and field labels were read from the site's JavaScript bundle, not from rendered page text.
Documented from the register site on 2026-10-04: “Strona ta umożliwia sprawdzenie podstawowych informacji o lekarzu i lekarzu dentyście na podstawie wprowadzonych danych: numeru prawa wykonywania zawodu (PWZ), imienia i nazwiska, numeru PESEL.”
Complaint pathway
“kierować do właściwego Okręgowego Rzecznika Odpowiedzialności Zawodowej (OROZ) właściwej Okręgowej Izby Lekarskiej, której dany lekarz jest członkiem.”
Documented from the page on 2026-10-04.
What is the Supreme Medical Chamber (NIL) and what does its register cover?
The Naczelna Izba Lekarska (NIL) is the central Polish professional chamber for physicians and dentists. Registration is mandatory for practising doctors and dentists, and the chamber maintains the central practitioner register, the Centralny Rejestr Lekarzy. The register covers practitioners, not clinics or hospitals.
How do I check a doctor on Poland's NIL register?
Open rejestr.nil.org.pl and enter at least one of: Numer PWZ (licence number), first name, surname or PESEL. You can optionally tick the box to search by maiden or previous surname as well. Complete the Google reCAPTCHA, then click 'Wyszukaj'. The results table lists the name, the Nr PWZ and the professional title. We documented only those columns, so we cannot say what else a result may show.
Can the NIL register be checked without a captcha or without JavaScript?
No. The search requires a Google reCAPTCHA, and the served page is an empty shell that only works with JavaScript, so it defeats simple automated checks. Our record of the form was read from the site's JavaScript bundle rather than from rendered page text.
Is the NIL register available in English?
Our record lists Polish only. The search form, its field labels and the results columns are in Polish.
How do I make a complaint about a doctor in Poland?
NIL's complaints page says complaints go to the competent Okręgowy Rzecznik Odpowiedzialności Zawodowej (OROZ) of the regional medical chamber (Okręgowa Izba Lekarska) the doctor belongs to. Regional chambers operate disciplinary courts, with sanctions ranging from reprimand to removal from the register.
Clinics with an accreditation from this body
- Medicover Dental WarsawWarsaw
- KCM Clinic KrakowKrakow
Link derived from the clinic’s declared accreditation list. Not every clinic holding this body’s licence is listed — only those whose public record explicitly names the body.