Register and license a private medical laboratory
Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists Board · sources read 2 Oct 2026
Apply to KMLTTB on eCitizen with form KMLTTB/LAB/06A and your business, staff and equipment documents, pay the inspection fee, and pass the inspection to get the registration certificate. After that, renew the lab licence every year.
- Fee
- We couldn't confirm a fee from the official page. Check it there before you pay.
- How long
- Review within 7 days; certificate within 7 days of the final inspection report
- Where
- Online on the KMLTTB eCitizen portal (kmlttb.ecitizen.go.ke). KMLTTB offices: ACK Garden House, Block A, 4th Floor, 1st Ngong Avenue, Nairobi.
What you need
- Filled and signed form KMLTTB/LAB/06A (plus the superintendent approval form)
- Business registration or incorporation certificate
- CR12 issued within the last 6 months
- KRA PIN certificates of the directors or company
- List of validated equipment, reagents and test kits
- Your official test menu
- NEMA-approved medical waste contract or MOU with an incinerator
Steps
- On kmlttb.ecitizen.go.ke, apply for 'Application to Operate a Private Medical Laboratory' and upload form LAB/06A with your documents.
- KMLTTB reviews your application within 7 days and tells you its status.
- If it meets the requirements, pay the inspection fee. KMLTTB then gives you a date and inspects the lab.
- If approved, KMLTTB issues the registration certificate within 7 days of the inspectors' final report.
- Every year, renew through 'Laboratory Annual License Renewal' on the KMLTTB eCitizen portal.
Watch out
- Running a lab without the registration certificate and the yearly licence is an offence. You can be fined, jailed or both.
- If KMLTTB asks for missing information, send it within 14 days or the application is rejected.
- One professional can be superintendent of only one lab, so each branch needs its own.
Who can apply
- Any person or company opening a lab, but it must be run by a registered and licensed lab professional as superintendent.
- The superintendent needs at least 5 years of active practice after KMLTTB registration, and can superintend only one lab.
Official sources (5)
- Application for registration of public and private sector medical laboratory (KMLTTB/LAB/06A, version 002, 7 July 2026) kmlttb.org · read 2 Oct 2026
- SOP on inspection of medical laboratory facilities business premises (KMLTTB/SOP/LAB/01) kmlttb.org · read 2 Oct 2026
- Medical laboratory business premises / facility compliance notice (KMLTTB/COMPL.NOTICE/01) kmlttb.org · read 2 Oct 2026
- KMLTTB home page: Online Services kmlttb.org · read 2 Oct 2026
- KMLTTB eCitizen portal kmlttb.ecitizen.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026