The South Sudan General Medical Council (SSGMC) is an autonomous body responsible for the registration and regulation of medical, dental and pharmaceutical professions as well as regulation of health institutions and services in the country. It was established through the SSGMC Provisional Order, 2014 issued by H.E. General Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of the Republic of South Sudan on the 10th of April, 2014. The 18 members of the board were eventually sworn in seven months later in November of the same year.

The SSGMC registers and licences Medical Doctors,Dentists and Pharmacists in both Public and Private sectors.It also licences Medical instutions, Hospitals, Nursing Homes,Clinics,Teaching Hospitals.