APKCPM’s application was approved by the Registrar of Societies, Malaysia (Registration number: PPM-008-10-25102014) and the Association of Private Kidney Care Providers of Malaysia was officially established on 25th October 2014.

The APKCPM is conceived through the joint efforts of private dialysis providers, and is motivated by the recognition of dialysis as an important industry in our country, Malaysia as well as by the fact that dialysis is a rigorous science and technology based therapy with its own body of requisite knowledge and skills those working in the field are expected to possess to demonstrate professional competence