Not medical advice. Whether a treatment is right for you is a decision to take with a doctor or dentist who has examined you. We never rank, review or recommend clinics in Cancún.
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Who licenses clinics in Cancún
Cancún is in State of Quintana Roo (municipality of Benito Juárez) (Estado de Quintana Roo (municipio de Benito Juárez)).
Regional authority
Quintana Roo State Health Services, Directorate for Protection against Health Risks
Servicios Estatales de Salud de Quintana Roo, Dirección de Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios
The state's health-risk authority: under the state's coordination agreement with the federal health ministry and COFEPRIS, it verifies and rules on private surgeries, clinics, outpatient centres and hospitals, following COFEPRIS rules.
Check a clinic or a doctor in Cancún
The national registers for Mexico cover Cancún too:
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.
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.
Every Cancún entry in the official register The register lists Cancún under the municipality of Benito Juárez.
Getting there
Most patients fly into Cancún (CUN).
| From | Estimated flight |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | about 10.2 h |
| Ireland | about 9.9 h |
| Germany | about 11.1 h |
| France | about 10.6 h |
| United States | about 1.6 h |
| Canada | about 3.8 h |
| Australia | about 17.9 h |
Straight-line estimate from the nearest main airport (800 km/h plus 30 minutes), not a timetable: connections add time.
Treatments in Mexico
Other cities in Mexico: Tijuana · Los Algodones · Mexico City · Mexico: the whole country
Sources
- Quintana Roo State Health Services: Directorate for Protection against Health Risks sesa.qroo.gob.mx · checked 9 Nov 2026
- DOF, 3 June 2016: coordination agreement, Secretaría de Salud and Quintana Roo dof.gob.mx · checked 9 Nov 2026
- COFEPRIS and SESA Quintana Roo agreement 2021 gob.mx · checked 9 Nov 2026
Next review due 9 May 2027.