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Treatments in Mexico: Hair transplant · Dentists: implants and veneers · Weight-loss surgery · Cosmetic surgery · Laser eye and lens surgery
Check a clinic or a doctor in Mexico
Doctors
Ministry of Education: national register of professionals (cédula profesional)
Search a doctor's or dentist's name to see their professional licence and, for a surgeon, the specialist licence (cédula de especialista).
Clinics
COFEPRIS: list of licences for establishments where surgery is performed
A downloadable list (PDF, updated 30 September 2026) of the establishments with a sanitary licence for surgical or obstetric acts, with their address, state, licence number and date. Search the file for the clinic's name and address. Not every clinic is on it: an establishment that does not need a licence files an aviso de funcionamiento instead, so ask the clinic which one applies and for a copy.
Doctors and dentists: Search the doctor or dentist in the national register (link above): for surgery, look for a specialist licence (cédula de especialista), not only a general medical one. The register may not open from outside Mexico: then ask the clinic for their licence numbers and a copy, in writing, before you pay.
Is the clinic in the official register of Mexico?
Type part of the clinic's name, or the CLUES key (11 letters and digits). We answer only whether it is in the CLUES catalogue of health establishments (Secretaría de Salud, DGIS), private-sector units, as of 30 Sep 2026: we never rank or recommend a clinic. Individual doctors' practices are shown with the name abbreviated.
Source: CLUES catalogue of health establishments (Clave Única de Establecimientos de Salud): private-sector units in operation, Secretaría de Salud, DGIS, licence open use, no restrictions stated by the publisher, data of 30 Sep 2026.
Rules worth knowing
- For an operation, check that the surgeon holds a specialist licence for that specialty, not only a general medical licence (national register above).
- Mexico is outside the EU: the cross-border healthcare rules of the EU do not apply.
- An establishment where surgery is performed needs a sanitary licence (licencia sanitaria) from COFEPRIS, Mexico's health-risk regulator, which publishes a list of them (a PDF, updated 30 September 2026): look the clinic up by name and address. If a clinic that operates is not on it, ask it in writing for its licence number and the name of the doctor responsible, and keep the answer. Establishments that do not need a licence file an aviso de funcionamiento with COFEPRIS or its state office: ask for a copy.
- Weight-loss surgery, Cosmetic surgery: The General Health Law (art. 272 Bis) says a doctor performing a specialty surgical procedure needs both the specialist licence (cédula de especialista) and a current specialist certificate issued by the specialty's council (Consejo): ask for both, in writing, and keep the copies.
- Cosmetic surgery: Plastic, aesthetic and reconstructive surgery that changes the shape of the face or body must be done in an establishment with a valid sanitary licence, by professionals specialised in it (General Health Law, art. 272 Bis 1); the professional societies must keep a public online directory of the surgeons who hold a current certificate (art. 272 Bis 3).
Treatments in Mexico
Cities where many clinics are
Who licenses the clinics in each city, the regional register where there is one, and the airport. We never rank, review or recommend clinics.
Official travel advice
- US State Department: Mexico travel advisory, state by state (if you drive, check every state on your route, not only the city of the clinic)
- CDC: Mexico travel health
- GOV.UK travel advice: Mexico, health
- Aeromexico: a Medical Information Form may be required for travel; if a condition may need the airline's authorisation to fly, write to its medical desk before you book
Your own government's advice on Mexico: Ireland (DFA) · France (Diplomatie) · Australia (Smartraveller) · New Zealand (SafeTravel) · Germany (Auswärtiges Amt) · Canada (travel.gc.ca) · United States (State Department advisory, state by state) · Sweden (UD, Sweden Abroad) · Norway (UD, regjeringen.no) · Austria (BMEIA) · Switzerland (EDA: choose the country) · Denmark (Udenrigsministeriet) · Finland (UM) · Belgium (SPF Affaires étrangères) · Netherlands (Nederland Wereldwijd) · Singapore (MFA)
Sources
- gob.mx: Cédula profesional (link to the national register) gob.mx · checked 7 Nov 2026
- COFEPRIS: sanitary licence for establishments where surgical acts are performed (with the list of licences) gob.mx · checked 7 Nov 2026
- COFEPRIS: aviso de funcionamiento y de responsable sanitario (procedure) gob.mx · checked 7 Nov 2026
- Ley General de Salud (Cámara de Diputados): articles 272 Bis to 272 Bis 3, specialist certificate and plastic surgery diputados.gob.mx · checked 7 Nov 2026
- Aeromexico: a Medical Information Form may be required for travel; if a condition may need the airline's authorisation to fly, write to its medical desk before you book alpha.aeromexico.com · checked 8 Nov 2026
Next review due 25 Jan 2027.