A guide · Regulation

The Dubai Longevity Authority, explained.

In June 2026 Dubai created a regulator for longevity. Here’s what the Law says, what it already requires and what’s still to come.

A plain-language summary of a public law, not legal advice. Zensu is an independent company with no affiliation to the Authority.

Published

6 June 2026
Law No. 17 of 2026 issued by the Ruler of Dubai.
10 June 2026
The Authority’s creation announced publicly.
In force
From publication in the Official Gazette (Article 27).
Still to come
Permit categories and requirements, standards, and a resolution on violations and fines.

01 The Law

A new regulator for a new field.

Law No. (17) of 2026 was issued by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai, on 6 June 2026. It establishes the Dubai Longevity Authority as a public corporation with its own legal personality, and it applies across the emirate, including its free zones.

Its stated aims include making Dubai a leading global hub for longevity, enabling approved, science-based preventive and regenerative activities, and building regulatory frameworks that “ensure safety, efficacy, ethical integrity, transparency, and the protection of individuals”.

Read: Law No. (17) of 2026, Dubai Legislation Portal · Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism announcement

02 Definitions

What the Law calls longevity.

The Law defines longevity broadly: improving and sustaining a person’s healthspan and health-related quality of life. That covers preventive and therapeutic interventions, measuring biological markers of ageing, advanced wellbeing technologies, and monitoring conditions linked to age, lifestyle and environment.

It then lists the activities it regulates:

  1. Developing, evaluating and disseminating advanced medical treatments or applied therapies.
  2. Research and development, and laboratory and clinical trials.
  3. Providing therapeutic, preventive and medical services and interventions.
  4. Promoting, marketing, selling or distributing longevity products, including advanced therapeutic products.
  5. Any other activity the Authority’s Board adds by resolution.

Worth knowing: the fifth item lets the Board widen the list, so the scope can grow as the framework develops.

03 Article 7

No permit, no activity.

“No natural or legal person may conduct the Activity in the Emirate, including in Special Development Zones and free zones, such as the Dubai International Financial Centre, unless that person holds a Permit issued by the DLA.”

Law No. (17) of 2026, Article 7(a)

Permits are issued through Dubai’s Unified Digital Window, under requirements the Authority’s Board approves. The Board also classifies which longevity activities can be carried out in Dubai, and on what terms.

04 Article 8

Where the Dubai Health Authority fits.

The Law sits alongside existing regulators and applies “without prejudice” to their functions. The Dubai Health Authority supervises individual practitioners who provide longevity services and issues their permits, in coordination with the new Authority. The Longevity Authority’s approval comes first.

So a doctor offering a longevity service in Dubai deals with both bodies: the Longevity Authority for approval, the DHA for the professional permit.

Read: Article 8, Law No. (17) of 2026 · Executive Council Resolution No. (49) of 2024

05 Articles 6 and 14

Data, media and public education.

The Authority and the DHA will jointly prepare a Unified Protocol. It will set requirements for managing and protecting the information of people receiving longevity services, procedures for media briefings, rules for health awareness and education programmes, and support for digital systems and applications.

The Law also provides for an integrated longevity database built from data held by government entities, “in compliance with the provisions of the legislation governing such data”.

06 What’s next

What hasn’t been published yet.

Much of the detail sits in later decisions: the permit categories and requirements, the standards and protocols the Authority will approve, and an Executive Council resolution setting out violations and fines. At the time of writing, we couldn’t find these published.

The Law contains no transition or grace-period article. The permit framework will decide who needs what, so it’s the document to watch.

The limit of this summary: it reflects the Law’s published text as of 22 September 2026. Implementing decisions may change how it applies. For a specific situation, take legal advice.

07 Practical

What to ask a provider today.

  1. Who licenses you, and for what? Check the facility and the treating doctor in the DHA’s public medical registry.
  2. Does this service fall within the Law’s list? If it does, ask about the provider’s permit status under the Law.
  3. Can I see the permit? If a provider says it holds a Longevity Authority permit, ask to see it.
  4. Where is my data kept, and who can see it? A good answer is specific.

More questions worth asking are in our guide to choosing a longevity clinic in Dubai.