DHA checks that the facility is ready to treat patients, with a medical director in post, licensed staff, a record system that meets NABIDH's minimum data set, and premises that match the approved layout. DHA can hold the final inspection on site or remotely through RASED.
Where the final inspection sits
DHA's policy lists the final inspection for new and existing facilities, on site or remotely through RASED, a live audio-visual inspection between the inspector and the medical director.1 The licensing manual makes a passed inspection a condition of activation, with a NABIDH compliant record and connectivity approval.2
- Check the premises against the layout. Room by room, as approved.
- Confirm every licence. The medical director and each professional.
- Demonstrate the record. A test patient from booking to signed note.
- Show the NABIDH approval. The connectivity approval email.
- Prepare for RASED. A stable video link and the medical director available.
- Layout matches approval ______
- Medical director licence ______
- Staff licences ______
- Record system demonstrated ______
- NABIDH approval received on ______
Questions
Can the final inspection be remote?
Yes, DHA can run it through RASED.
Who must attend a RASED inspection?
The medical director, with the inspector on a live audio-visual link.
What happens after we pass?
The licence can be activated for one, two or three years.
Sources
- 1Dubai Health Authority, 2022Health Facility Audit and Inspection, DHA/HRS/HPSD/HP-03, version 2, effective 16 February 2022Read source
- 2Dubai Health Authority, 2024Manual for Licensing Health Facility, version 1.1, effective 20 November 2024Read source
Written by the wai team from Dubai Health Authority guidance, checked on 15 October 2026. This is guidance, not legal advice. DHA does not endorse wai or any software.