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Choosing a dentist or physiotherapist: the health register (REGCESS)

Before you book at a dental or physiotherapy clinic you can check in an official register that the centre is authorised. Here is how, and what that register does and does not tell you.

Sources checked on 24 October 2026 · 2 min read

General information. It does not replace the advice of a professional.

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What REGCESS is

REGCESS is the General Register of healthcare centres, services and establishments kept by the Spanish Ministry of Health. It is public and informative: it lets you see which centres, services and establishments have been authorised by the health authorities of the autonomous communities, whether public or private. The communities themselves supply and update the data. Its content is set by Order SCO/3866/2007, and the basis for authorising centres is set by Royal Decree 1277/2003 Ministry of Health.

What it means to be listed

It means the centre is recorded as authorised by the health authority of its autonomous community.

It does not mean:

  • That the treatment is good, cheap or the right one for you. The register tells you which centres are authorised; it does not rate or compare them.
  • That every professional working there holds the right qualification and is a registered member of their professional body. That is checked separately, with the professional body: how to do it.

On Atalaya Balear, listings marked ‘official records’ come from this register. For verified listings we have also cross-checked the centre’s own website: how we check.

How to check, step by step

  1. Open the REGCESS search and go to the centre search.
  2. Pick the autonomous community (Illes Balears), the province and the municipality.
  3. To narrow it down, use ‘Clases de centros’ (type of centre, for example dental clinics) or ‘Oferta asistencial’ (services offered, for example Physiotherapy, Dentistry/Stomatology or Clinical psychology).
  4. Or search by the centre’s name, or by its regional authorisation code, which you can ask the centre for.
  5. Compare the name, address and services in the result with what the centre told you.

If it does not appear, that does not prove anything is wrong: it may be listed under another name (for example the company’s) or its details may be out of date. Ask the centre for its authorisation number.

What else you can ask when choosing

  • Which languages you can be treated in. Ask before booking if it matters to you.
  • Who will treat you and what their membership number is.
  • A written quote before a long course of treatment begins.

Professionals in the directory

Categories related to this guide:

DentistsPhysiotherapyPsychologistsPodiatristsDoctors and clinics

Sources and date checked

Official sources checked on 24 October 2026. Procedures, requirements and amounts change: always check the source before you act.

General information. It does not replace the advice of a professional.

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