For the purposes of implementing the provisions of this Resolution, the following terms and expressions shall have the meanings assigned to each of them, unless the context requires otherwise:
State: The United Arab Emirates.
Ministry: The Ministry of Health and Prevention.
Minister: The Minister of Health and Prevention.
Private Health Facility:  private facility that provides health services to individuals, including preventive, curative, and rehabilitative fields, whether owned or managed by a natural or legal person.
Health Advertisement: he display of visual, audio, or printed content, whether electronic or hard copy form, by any means, for the purpose of influencing the public to promote a health facility, health service, health information, or a health profession practitioner. Health education information and data are excluded from this definition.
 

The fees indicated for each service in the Schedule attached to this Resolution shall be collected in return for the services provided by the Ministry.

The following provisions shall be observed when collecting fees related to private health facilities:
1. When a new specialty is added to any private health facility, the prescribed fee for adding the specialty shall be collected upon submission of the application, regardless of the remaining validity period of its original license. Upon renewal of the facility's license, the renewal fee shall include any new specialties added thereto, without prejudice to the maximum limit prescribed for this fee.
2. If an application is submitted for the renewal of a private health facility license, together with another application to add a new specialty, the prescribed renewal fee shall be collected in addition to the fee for adding the specialty, in accordance with the amount specified for each of these services in the schedule attached to this Resolution.
3. If an application is submitted to add a general practitioner in the professions of human medicine or dentistry in a private health facility, this shall be deemed an additional specialty for which a specialty addition fee shall be collected, in accordance with what is specified in the schedule attached to this Resolution.
4. If an application is submitted to establish a dental laboratory in any of the authorized private health facilities, this shall be deemed an additional specialty for which a specialty addition fee shall be collected, in accordance with what is specified in the schedule attached to this Resolution.

Without prejudice to any administrative penalties stipulated in any other legislation, the following fines shall be applied to private health and pharmaceutical facilities subject to the Ministry's supervision, as well as to the employees thereof and practitioners of pharmaceutical professions:

Any interested party may submit a written grievance to the Ministry against any administrative fine referred to in Article (4) of this Resolution that has been imposed upon them, within (30) thirty days from the date of notification of the decision subject to grievance. The grievance shall be reasoned and attached to all supporting documents. The grievance shall be decided upon within (30) thirty days from the date of its submission, in accordance with the procedures in force at the Ministry.

1. When an application is submitted to change the type of private health facility to another type, the procedures for issuing a license for the new type of facility shall be carried out. The license issuance fee shall be collected in addition to a proportional amount of the renewal fee for the period from the expiry date of the previous license, while the activity and validity of the license remain effective, until the date of issuance of the new license. The previous license shall be cancelled from the date of issuance of the new license.
2. In the case of the assignment of a valid license issued by the Ministry for any private health facility, procedures for issuing a new license to the assignee shall be undertaken. The license issuance fee shall be collected in addition to a percentage of the renewal fee for the previous license for the period from its expiry date until the date of issuance of the new license, while the activity and validity of the license remain effective. The previous license shall be cancelled from the date of issuance of the new license. The same provision shall apply to community and compounding pharmacies, without prejudice to the provisions decided in the Executive Regulation of Federal Decree by Law No. (38) of 2024 referred to and any other resolutions issued in implementation thereof.
3. The fees specified in each of items (6), (7), and (8) of the schedule attached to this Resolution shall be collected for the issuance of a new license for a visiting physician from within or outside the State, or for the issuance of a new permit for a physician to benefit from the services of a private health facility, regardless of the remaining period of the license.
4. Private health facilities shall pay the due fees upon making any change to the registry of licensed professionals they have from the Ministry, in accordance with the fee amount specified in the schedule attached to this Resolution.
5. The licensing fee for a health facility that falls under a chain of health facilities owned by a single owner, whether a natural or legal person, shall be collected, without prejudice to the prescribed fee for establishing a chain of health facilities, provided that each of them is licensed separately. In this case, it is permissible for health profession practitioners to transfer from one facility to another, provided that the Ministry is notified in advance and in accordance with the conditions it sets. The same provision shall apply to pharmacies belonging to a chain of community pharmacies.
6. The request to amend the format of an advertisement shall be considered a new licensing application, and the prescribed fee shall be collected therefor.
7. For the purposes of collecting the fees and fines specified in the schedule attached to this Resolution, a part of a month shall be considered a full month, and a part of a year shall be considered a full year.

The Cabinet is competent to amend the administrative fees and fines referred to in this Resolution, whether by addition, deletion, or modification.

The administrative fees and fines referred to in this Resolution shall be collected by the means determined by the Ministry of Finance.

The Minister shall issue the resolutions necessary for the implementation of the provisions of this Resolution.

The following Cabinet Resolutions are hereby repealed, as well as any provision that contradicts or conflicts with the provisions of this Resolution:
1. Cabinet Resolution No. (6) of 2002 Regarding the Collection of Fees for Health Certificates Related to Medical Committees and Sick Leaves.
2. Cabinet Resolution No. (44) of 2016 Regarding the Fees for Certain Services Provided by the Ministry of Health and Prevention, as amended.
3. Cabinet Resolution No. (3) of 2023 Regarding the Establishment and Organization of the Financial Claims System at the Ministry of Health and Prevention.
4. Cabinet Resolution No. (95) of 2023 Regarding the Introduction of the Urgent Service Fee for Transactions at the Ministry of Health and Prevention.

This Resolution shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall enter into force (180) one hundred and eighty days from the date of its publication.