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Office of the registrar

The Registrar/CEO is responsible for day-to-day management of the Agency and is also responsible for discharging obligations on behalf of the Board.

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Welcome to hefra

We are the Health Facilities Regulatory Agency in Ghana

The Health Institutions and Facilities Act, 2011 (Act 829) established the Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (HeFRA) in PART ONE of the Act. HeFRA was set up to license facilities for the provision of public and private health care services.

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WHO DOES HEFRA REGULATE

FUNCTIONS OF THE AGENCY
1

Receive, consider and approve applications for licenses Inspection;

2

Inspect and license facilities: intended for the provision of public and private health care services;

3

Determine the basic and minimum equipment and personnel required for the type of service to be provided in a practice;

4

Regulate and monitor activities in a practice to determine the adequacy and standard of health care provided

5

Collaborate with any other person or authority to
(i) maintain professional standards in a practice;
(ii) regularly assess health facilities for certification and accreditation;
(iii) achieve continual quality improvement of health care providers; and

6

Perform any other functions that are ancillary to the object of the Agency.

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Our MANDATE
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Register

Inspection is where a facility, having successfully gone through the registration process, submits itself for our assessors to visit and check if the facility

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Inspect

To obtain a licence, visit any HeFRA office around the country in order to secure an approved application form. The form can also be downloaded from our website. www.hefra.gov.gh.

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License

The Board reviews the recommendations of the inspection team through the Registrar, then a long term license of an initial three years’ period is subsequently issued to enable the facility to start or continue to operate.

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Monitor

HeFRA ‘regulates and monitors activities in a practice to determine the adequacy and standard of the health care provided’ [Act 829 Section 4(d)].

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Compliance

HeFRA ‘regulates and monitors activities in a practice to determine the adequacy and standard of the health care provided’ [Act 829 Section 4(d)].

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Enforcement

HeFRA ‘regulates and monitors activities in a practice to determine the adequacy and standard of the health care provided’ [Act 829 Section 4(d)].

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Our Latest News & Events

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Our Account Details

Account Number: 0201140133891101
Branch: ADB Head Office

Name: HeFRA
Number: 0243533622