Inspectors enter every part of the facility, ask for data, read the health records, check licences and may take samples, then write a report of observations and violations for the Ministry. Expect to show the licences, any patient file, the consent behind a procedure and the prices charged against the approved list.
What the committee may do
Under Article 64 of Law No. 70 of 2020, the Minister's inspection committees may enter the facility and all its parts, examine it, request data and information, read its health records, and examine and take samples for analysis. They write reports of observations and violations and records of offences, may call on the police, and act as judicial police. Their reports go to the Ministry for legal action.1
The questions to expect
| Question | What to show |
|---|---|
| Is the facility licence on display and current? | The licence, and the renewal date at least sixty days ahead |
| Is everyone working here licensed? | Every practitioner's licence, visitors included, held by the facility |
| Show me this patient's file. | Note, examinations, results, treatment and signatures, complete |
| How was consent taken for this procedure? | What the patient was told, when they agreed, and who took it |
| Who operates this device? | The device licence and the operator's training certificate |
| What did this patient pay? | The charge, set against the approved price list |
| Who has read this record? | The access log, names and times |
- Greet and name a lead. The medical director or a named deputy, who Decision No. 36 of 2024 says represents the facility to government bodies and provides its files and records on request.
- Open the licence file. Facility licence, staff licences, device licences and training certificates in one place.
- Produce files on request. Any patient, complete, without a search across systems.
- Note every request. What was asked, what was shown, by whom and when.
- Read the report. Every observation gets an owner and a date, inside the six months the regulation allows.
- Date ______ Committee members ______
- Facility lead ______
- Requested ______ Shown ______ Time ______
- Files opened ______ (patient reference only)
- Samples taken ______
- Observations ______ Owner ______ Due by ______
Questions
Can inspectors read patient records?
Yes. Article 64 of Law No. 70 of 2020 lets them read the facility's health records and request any data they need.
Must the facility cooperate?
Yes. Decision No. 36 of 2024 makes the medical director responsible for letting Ministry staff and other government inspectors carry out examinations, assessment and inspection.
Can a facility be closed on the spot?
The Minister or a delegate may close a place of violating activity temporarily, pending the criminal case or professional violation, under Article 74.
Sources
- 1Medical Responsibility Authority, Kuwait, 2020Law No. 70 of 2020 on the practice of medicine and its allied professions, patients' rights and health facilities, full Arabic textRead source
- 2Kuwait Ministry of Health, published by the Medical Responsibility Authority, 2024Ministerial Decision No. 36 of 2024 amending the regulation of requirements and controls for licensing private health facilitiesRead source
Written by the wai team from Kuwait's Ministry of Health guidance, checked on 16 October 2026. This is guidance, not legal advice. Kuwait MOH does not endorse wai or any software.