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Welcome to the website of Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, the body responsible for regulating doctors and ensuring good medical practice.

MDCN is committed to regulating the practice of Medicine, Dentistry and Alternative Medicine in the most efficient manner that safeguards best healthcare delivery for Nigerians.

We are firmly committed to our Mission and Vision defined by our Mission Statement: “To regulate the practice of Medicine, Dentistry and Alternative Medicine in the most efficient manner that safeguards best healthcare delivery for Nigerians.”

The Medical and Dental professions in Nigeria are regulated by the Medical and Dental Practitioners Act Cap 221, now Cap M8, Laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1990, which sets up the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria.

The Council is empowered to make Rules of Professional Conduct and is also empowered to establish the Medical and Dental Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal and Medical Practitioners Investigating Panel, among other organs, for the enforcement of these Rules of Conduct.

These Rules of Conduct are made to enable doctors and dentists in Nigeria to maintain universally acceptable professional standards of practice and conduct. They serve as standards in the relationship of medical and dental practitioners with the profession, their colleagues, patients, members of allied professions and the public.

CPD AT A GLANCE!!!!

REGISTER OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL PRACTITIONERS IN NIGERIA

what is new What's New!

  • Public Notice - 14th March, 2014
  • Public Notice - 24th February, 2014
  • Upgrade of Electronic Database of All Registered Doctors, Dentists and Alternative Medicine Practitioners in Nigeria / Introduction of Online Registration and Payment.
  • Invitation to the Inaugural Meeting of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria.
  • Public Notice / Disclaimer of Mr. Tahir Adebayo Badmus.
  • Notice on Seeking Medical Education Abroad.
  • Assessment Examination.
  • Notice to House Officers on Requirement for the Issuance of Full Registration Certificate.
  • Notice to all Doctors and Stakeholders.
  • Public Notice on Clinical Laboratory Inspection.
  • Public Notice on Code of Medical Ethics in Nigeria on Advertisement by Members of the Medical and Dental Profession.
  • Approved Medical Education Services Fee by the MDCN.
  • Notice to all MDCN Stakeholders.
  • Notice to MDCN Continuing Professional Development Providers.
  • New Payment Schedule - Requirement for MDCN Registration.
  • List of Recognized Continuing Professional Development Provider Institutions.
  • Notice of De-registration of Dr. Kingsley De-Souza from the Medical Register.
  • Assessment Examination for Foreign Medical Graduates.
  • Notice of De-registration of Dr. Emmanuel Chukwuemeka Nwafor from the MDCN Medical Register.
  • Notice to all Medical and Dental Training Institutions in Nigeria, Provosts and Deans of Medical Colleges and all Stakeholders in the health sector on the Indexing of Students admitted into Medical Schools.
  • Please channel all enquiries on registration of medical, dental and alternative medicine practitioners by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria to: [email protected] and [email protected].
  • Enquiries regarding Medical Education should be directed to: [email protected].