Prodecedure for a clinic setting-up

As a natural person

- Building license approved by the city council.
- Opening license by the city council.
- Register in the Economic Activities Tax (IAE) and registration in the Tax Office that corresponds to the Physiotherapist. It should be done before starting the economic activity.
- To be included in the autonomous regime of the National Insurance (Minimal fee is 229,58 euros).
- Registration in the RES (Establishment Health Registry of the Health Ministry)
- If you are going to hire co-workers, you will have to apply for an employer number at the treasury of the National Insurance.
- Opening communication of the working place at the job counselling 30 days is the maximal term in order to have done it.
- Legalization of the work guestbook.
- Evaluation of occupational hazards.
- Fulfilment of the legislation related to personal protection data (important to clinics which own personal health data, which is considered high level personal data)
- Formal liabilities (record books of income and costs, etc. ).


As a legal entity

- Request of the public record in the Business Register (Registro Mercantil).
- Draft of social statutes.
- Title deeds grant of constitution and statutes.
- Mercantile entry request.
- Payment of the heritage taxes.
- Once registered the following steps are the same as for a natural person
- Formal liabilities (accounting chord to business code, etc.)