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CASE 62 · SETUP INVESTIGATION

Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation Centre

A Dubai rehabilitation-centre proposal combined several therapies and assessment services, requiring service and facility classification before healthcare licensing.

Health & Wellness

Activities & licensing scope

Activity reference from the supplied Dubai mainland register. Confirm current scope and conditions before applying.

Activity 8690006 · Dubai mainland · DET reference

Physiotherapy Center

Activity description

A health facility licensed to provide rehabilitation services through stimulating body movement and improving abilities to perform body functions. This includes manual- motor therapy, therapeutic exercises, physio electric- mechanical devices, supportive tools and electric diagnosis methods applied by licensed physiotherapist.

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The decision in one sentence

A commercial company is only one part of a licensed clinical facility.

Read the requirement, the constraint and the proposed route together. The value of this case is the reasoning behind the setup, rather than an activity name in isolation.

YOUR SETUP ROADMAP / DUBAI MAINLAND

A clear route.
From first call to first sale.

Four phases, 10 checkpoints. See the route at a glance, then open a checkpoint for the work, owner and timing. Daily updates continue during active work.

ROUTE OVERVIEW
  1. 01

    Plan

    Confirm the route and open your file.

    1. CHECKPOINT 01Choose the routeDay 1

      Activity, legal form and Dubai mainland

      Owner / You and Vantablack
    2. CHECKPOINT 02Your file opensWithin 1 working day of payment

      Named team, checklist and your project timeline

      Owner / Vantablack
  2. 02

    Prepare

    Documents and activity checks.

    1. CHECKPOINT 03Documents and checksBefore submission

      Passports, KYC and anything the activity needs

      Owner / You, checked by Vantablack
    2. CHECKPOINT 04Name and initial approvalWithin 2 working days of complete documents

      Submitted to the Department of Economy and Tourism

      Owner / Vantablack, then the authority
    3. CHECKPOINT 05Activity approval: Dubai Health AuthorityAuthority time

      Required before you can operate this activity

      Owner / Dubai Health Authority
  3. 03

    Launch

    Premises and the licence decision.

    1. CHECKPOINT 06PremisesBefore the licence

      Lease and Ejari for the dedicated premises

      Owner / You and Vantablack
    2. CHECKPOINT 07Licence issuedThe authority sets the date

      Your company exists; documents in your workspace

      Owner / The authority
  4. 04

    Operate

    Follow-on work in your agreed scope.

    1. CHECKPOINT 08Establishment card, visas, Emirates IDAfter the licence

      Immigration file for you and your team

      Owner / Vantablack PRO team
    2. CHECKPOINT 09Bank account and taxAfter the licence

      Bank application, VAT and Corporate Tax registration

      Owner / Vantablack and the bank
    3. CHECKPOINT 10Start sellingFrom the first week after the licence

      List your services on the Ecosystem and receive requests

      Owner / You, on Vantablack

Time markers are our service standards; authority steps follow the authority’s own timeline, and approvals are the authority’s decision. Your accepted quote confirms which post-licence services are included. Sales depend on licensing, approvals and demand.

THE STRUCTURE BEHIND THE SOLUTION

Follow the connected route.

Select a point to read the reasoning.

Business objective

A Dubai rehabilitation-centre proposal combined several therapies and assessment services, requiring service and facility classification before healthcare licensing.

The challenge

The client proposed a Dubai centre combining physical medicine, rehabilitation and therapy with psychological or educational assessment. These labels could imply different service and professional categories. The proposed facility category and final approved service list are not recorded, so one general rehabilitation activity could not settle the entire scope.

The proposed solution

Map each proposed service to the appropriate professional and facility category before selecting the premises or finalising the company activity. Coordinate economic licensing with the DHA facility application, design and staff requirements. Treat inspection and active licensing as conditions before clinical operation, rather than implying that incorporation completes the project.

1. Define the facility application

DHA’s New Facility License service requests ownership identification, an engineering/design-company layout and a facility proposal, with a trade licence if available. Approved requests receive an inactive facility licence. Confirm the exact category and conditions for the proposed therapies and assessment work.

DHA Sheryan: New Facility License — checked 20 October 2026. Read the official publication.

2. Check design competence before works

DHA publishes category-based prequalification for health-facility design consultants. Verify the consultant’s category and submission eligibility for the project. Its facility approval process also requires other relevant authority approvals before construction; design review does not replace building permissions.

DHA Health Facility Guidelines: design-consultant prequalification — checked 20 October 2026. Read the official publication.

DHA Health Facility Guidelines: approval process — checked 20 October 2026. Read the official publication.

3. Prepare staff, inspection and activation

DHA’s activation service requires adding and activating professionals’ licences under the facility, selecting a medical director and providing a valid trade licence. It includes inspection; passing the final inspection leads to an active facility licence. Initial approval alone does not permit professionals to start work.

DHA Sheryan: Activate Facility License — checked 20 October 2026. Read the official publication.

DHA Sheryan: cosmetic privileges and active facility requirements — checked 20 October 2026. Read the official publication.

Result and founder lesson

No completed design approval, professional licensing, inspection, activation, timeline or cost is recorded. Confirm psychological and educational assessment permissions per actual service rather than treating every assessment as the same licence category. Agree responsibility for authority comments and fit-out changes before committing to works.

Related investigation: Case 63.

Premises & cost scope

Assess the operating premises

Assess the clinical premises, service scope, design and building/sector permissions before committing to works. A company-address package does not license treatment premises.

Separate the cost layers

Quote company and professional work separately from product dossiers or clinical approvals, premises, equipment and operating costs. No actual case budget or verified authority tariff is supplied here.

Planning guidance, not a statement of this client’s costs or completed approvals. Confirm the specific scope and quotation.

Apply the reasoningThis case explains the setup rationale. Current activity scope, eligibility and approval requirements must be assessed for your own business.

A proposed setup route and a completed licence are different outcomes. This page only states a completion result where it is recorded in the case narrative.

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Is the proposed service clinical treatment or a different wellness activity?

Why this matters

Classification follows what is actually done with patients or products. Corporate formation does not by itself authorise clinical treatment, a health facility or each product.

What could change the answer?

A clinical service, restricted ingredient, new treatment or additional product can introduce a separate regulatory path.

Check these details first

  • Exact services, claims and products
  • Facility and professional requirements
  • Responsible health or product authority
  • The approvals needed before patient-facing work or sale

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