State Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (COEPRIS)

What State Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (COEPRIS) does

COEPRIS BC (Comisión Estatal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios de Baja California) is the state government health regulatory commission for Baja California, Mexico, operating under the authority of the Ley General de Salud and a network of Normas Oficiales Mexicanas (NOM). It protects the state's population against sanitary risks arising from health services, food products, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, tobacco, recreational water, and personal care services. The commission serves the entire state through six Regional Units (Mexicali, Tijuana, Ensenada, San Quintín, Tecate, Rosarito), a unified telephone hotline ((686) 900-9091), and a digital portal integrated with the state government's Ventanilla BC mobile application.

Its core products and services include the digital portal (coeprisbc.gob.mx) hosting 97 distinct procedures (tramites y servicios), public registries such as the Padrón de Farmacias and REPSSABI, a Sanitary Alerts System for falsified and stolen medications, voluntary compliance programs (Self-Regulation Program, PASEA), the Tobacco Control enforcement program, and Beach Water Quality Monitoring linked to Conagua's national network of 2,050 monitoring sites. The commission also operates a quality management system aligned with ISO standards using SWOT (FODA) and FMEA (AMEF) methodologies.

Its business model is that of a non-commercial government agency: the Aviso de Funcionamiento is free, while selected permits, controlled substance book authorizations, pharmacy inspections, and paid workshops generate modest fee revenue processed through the state government's payment system (SPEI, authorized establishments, credit/debit cards). Funding comes primarily from the Government of Baja California state budget. The commission reaches regulated establishments through verification/inspection visits, training workshops, educational outreach at CONALEP BC and universities, and partnership-driven dissemination via industry associations such as CANIRAC. No commercial revenue is disclosed.

Name

State Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (COEPRIS)

Legal name

Comisión Estatal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios de Baja California

Website

https://coeprisbc.gob.mx

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

COEPRIS BC is the Baja California state government commission for sanitary risk protection, regulating food service, pharmacies, healthcare facilities, pools, and personal services across six municipalities via permits, inspections, registries, and public health alerts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sanitary Regulation Services

NAICS

Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors (926150), Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors (92615), Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (924)

SIC

Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare Compliance & Enforcement Authorities (HLAJACAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Controlled Substances & Pharmacy Regulation Authorities (HLAJACAI), Regulatory Affairs, Labeling & Advertising/Promotion Compliance (HLAJADAI), Sanitation & Hygienic Design Compliance (SSOPs, GMPs) (AFALADAJ)

Keywords

• Sanitary regulation services
• Health risk protection
• Food safety inspection
• Pharmacy licensing
• Regulatory compliance

Headquarters

HQ city

Mexicali

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Sanitary permits and licenses: COEPRIS BC issues sanitary operating notices (Aviso de Funcionamiento) and health licenses (Licencia Sanitaria) to regulated establishments. The Aviso de Funcionamiento is stated as free and can be processed online. Fees may apply for other licenses and permits such as advertising permits, controlled substances books, and pharmacy inspections.
2. Workshop and training fees: The commission conducts paid workshops and training sessions on sanitary regulations (NOM standards, food hygiene, pool maintenance, pharmacovigilance, controlled substance management) for businesses and professionals. These are offered in hybrid and online formats across multiple municipalities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

COEPRIS is a state government sanitary regulatory authority in Baja California, Mexico, that issues sanitary permits and licenses (such as the Aviso de Funcionamiento and Licencia Sanitaria), conducts verification inspections at regulated establishments, maintains public registries of pharmacies and healthcare facilities, publishes sanitary alerts, and provides training workshops on regulatory compliance across food service, pharmaceutical, healthcare, recreational water, and hospitality sectors.

Product overview

COEPRIS (Comisión Estatal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios) is the State Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks in Baja California, Mexico. It operates as a government regulatory body rather than a commercial technology company. Its digital presence consists of a government web portal providing public health regulatory services, including the Pharmacy Registry (Padrón de Farmacias), Sanitary Alerts System, REPSSABI State Registry, Sanitary Self-Regulation Program, Tobacco Control Program, Water Quality Monitoring, and the Ventanilla BC mobile application. The commission also offers approximately 97 procedures and services through its digital portal, covering healthcare facility licensing, pharmacy permits, sanitary complaints, food safety training, and compliance programs such as PASEA for food service establishments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Aviso de Funcionamiento (Operating Notice)

Quantifiable outcome

• Participation in the Self-Regulation Program exempts restaurants from verification visits for 2 years
• +4 more outcomes

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Cámara Nacional de la Industria Restaurantera y Alimentos Condimentados (CANIRAC) - TecatecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCOEPRIS BC works in coordination with CANIRAC Tecate to promote the Self-Regulation Program (Programa de Autorregulación) among restaurants. CANIRAC disseminates registration requirements and evaluation forms to its members and maintains ongoing communication with COEPRIS BC's regional unit covering Tijuana, Tecate, and Rosarito.
• Colegio de Educación Profesional de Baja California (CONALEP BC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCOEPRIS BC provides food safety and sanitary hygiene training to CONALEP BC gastronomy students (70 students per session) as part of a community outreach and regulatory compliance education partnership. The training covers cross-contamination prevention, utensil safety, and biological contamination factors.
• Universidad VasconcelosminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCOEPRIS BC participated in the Jornada Jurídica organized by Universidad Vasconcelos, where the State Commissioner delivered a presentation on the commission's legal framework and health protection actions to students, faculty, and directors.
• Asociación Mexicana de Contadores PúblicosminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCOEPRIS BC's State Commissioner participated in the monthly meeting of the Mexican Association of Public Accountants to inform members about sanitary regulatory actions, the importance of compliance, and direct communication channels for complaints and procedures.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Secretaría de Salud de Baja California: The parent state health authority under which COEPRIS BC operates. While not a direct peer in the regulatory enforcement sense, the Secretaría de Salud provides the broader institutional context, budget allocation, and healthcare policy framework that defines COEPRIS BC's operating environment.

Direct peers

• COEPRIS Jalisco: Jalisco's state sanitary regulatory commission, comparable in structure and mandate to COEPRIS BC. Serves as a useful peer for understanding how larger, more economically diverse Mexican states operate sanitary regulation and what differentiated service models exist.
• COEPRIS Sonora: State-level sanitary risk protection commission in Sonora, Mexico, operating with the same mandate, legal authority, and service portfolio as COEPRIS BC but covering a different geography. A direct state-equivalent peer for benchmarking regulatory output, service offerings, and digital maturity.
• COEPRIS Chihuahua: Chihuahua's state sanitary regulatory commission with direct mandate parity to COEPRIS BC. Comparable in serving a geographically large state with significant cross-border activity, offering useful benchmarks on regional unit staffing and enforcement models.
• COEPRIS Nuevo León: State-level sanitary risk commission serving Nuevo León, operating under the same federal Ley General de Salud framework. Comparable in scope (food, pharmacies, healthcare facilities) and in its need to balance regulation with a large industrial and cross-border economy.

Broad incumbents

• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA): The U.S. federal agency with the broadest analogous mandate to COEPRIS BC's combined food, drug, medical device, and cosmetic regulatory functions. While operating at a much larger scale and with vastly greater resources, the FDA's regulatory framework and public alert systems are a relevant international reference for COEPRIS BC's evolving practice.
• Health Canada - Health Products and Food Branch: Canada's federal regulator for health products, food safety, and sanitary control, with a comparable multi-domain mandate to COEPRIS BC. Useful peer for international benchmarking of regulatory digitalization, public alert systems, and risk-based inspection models.
• COFEPRIS (Federal Commission for Protection against Sanitary Risks): Mexico's federal-level sanitary regulatory authority, the direct hierarchical parent of COEPRIS BC. COFEPRIS issues the national sanitary alerts (e.g., GARDASIL, OZEMPIC) that COEPRIS BC disseminates, and sets the national framework of NOMs and Ley General de Salud that COEPRIS BC enforces at the state level.
• ANVISA (Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency): Brazil's federal health regulatory agency, with a combined mandate over food safety, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, cosmetics, and sanitary services comparable to COEPRIS BC's scope. A Latin American regional peer for understanding regulatory practice in similar economic and institutional contexts.
• Agencia Española de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitarios (AEMPS): Spain's national agency for medicines and health products regulation, operating under the European Medicines Agency framework. A relevant international peer for COEPRIS BC's pharmaceutical falsification alerts, controlled substance regulation, and pharmacovigilance functions.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bc-coepris

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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