Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council

Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council is a quasi-government professional organisation, established by Act of Parliament, responsible for licensing, monitoring and regulating the practice of medicine and dentistry in the country.

The council is located at Block 5, Plot number 442 Kafeero Zone road - Mulago, in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, and the largest city in that East African country.

The current parliamentary act that governs the council was promulgated in 1996.

It is known as the "Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Act 11, of 1996".

[2] The council is mandated by the Uganda Ministry of Health to carry out the following functions: