- Advise the Minister on matters pertaining to regulation, practice and training of medical, dental and allied health professionals
- Exercise general supervision of professional conduct by medical, dental and allied health professionals
- Regulate and control continuing professional development for medical, dental and allied health professionals
- Promote the maintenance and enforce adherence to medical, dental and allied health professional ethics
- Advise respective institutions responsible for accreditation on the kind of training or programme that impart the requisite knowledge and skill for the efficient practice of medicine, dental and allied health sciences
- In collaboration with relevant accreditation body, inspect medical, dental and allied health training institutions for the purpose of ascertaining quality of the training offered
- Caution, censure, suspend from practice, erase from the Register, Roll and List of names of practitioners, after being found guilty and convicted of an offence of professional misconduct
- Ensure the maintenance of Register, Roll and List
- Publish in the Gazette and official website of the Council, names, addresses and qualifications of all newly registered and licensed medical and dental professionals and enrolled or enlisted allied health professionals and practitioner
- Exercise disciplinary control over medical, dental and allied health professionals and practitioner
- Approve internship centres for medical and dental graduates
- Inquire into complaint, charge or allegation of improper conduct against any medical, dental or allied health professionals and practitioner registered, enrolled or enlisted under this Act
- Advise training institutions on matters relating to training of medical, dental or allied health professionals
- Approve the budget or supplementary budget of the Council
- Set fees and charges payable under this Act
- Perform any other functions as may be required under this Act or under any other written law Issue registration certificates and licenses