Pep Guardiola fell foul of the FA’s rules that require clubs to keep drugs testing authorities up to date with their players whereabouts.
City were fined £35,000 and warned about their future conduct by the FA in February after failing on three occasions to make sure that “whereabouts” info was accurate.
But City and a number of other rivals are to appoint full-time staff to avoid it happening again.
City’s Dr Matt Brown said: “I’m not just talking about our club.
"I know chief execs at a lot of clubs are looking if we need somebody to take ownership of that, get somebody employed to be a whereabouts administrator.
“That’s great for the clubs in the Premier League and clubs with a lot of money but at lower leagues I don’t think that feasible.
“At the moment we have a team that works with it but it’s everybody’s problem.
“But it’s something we’re in the process of doing. I don’t think any other club has employed anyone yet.”
Former City defender Kolo Toure failed a drugs test and was suspended for six months in 2011, although the club doctor was keen to stress the latest FA punishment was on a technicality.
He added: “We’re obviously not happy as a club because it does bring our badge into disrepute.
“But these have been administration errors. There have been no specific anti-doping offences. This is all whereabouts issues.”