HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS ACT

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

CHAPTER 464

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS ACT

To regulate the practice of health care professions in Malta.

21st November, 2003

ACT XII of 2003, as amended by Act III of 2004; Legal Notices 253, 342 of 2004; Act XIII

of 2005; Legal Notices 376 of 2005, 147 of 2006, 427 of 2007, 27, 140, 177 of 2008, 159, 206,

373, 442 of 2011, 234 of 2013, 399, 413 of 2014, 292 of 2015; Acts XXXIV of 2016 and XVIII

of 2022; Legal Notice 20 of 2017, 23 of 2018, 59 of 2018. 390 of 2018, 229 of 2019 , 303 of

2021 , 219 and 233 of 2022 and 106 and 223 of 2023 , 17, 57, 105, 140 and 190 of 2025, Act

XXXIII of 2025 and Legal Notice 40 of 2026.

The short title of this Act is the Health Care Professions

Act.

(Article 6)

Rules of Procedure and other rules relating to Councils

and Specialist Accreditation Committees

1. Each Council shall have a registrar who shall be a public

officer detailed for the purpose by the Minister.

2. Every member of a Council other than the President shall

be entitled to one vote.

3. The President of a Council shall only be entitled to vote in

cases of equality of votes.

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4. Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding rule, the

President shall have both an original and a casting vote in inquiries

held for the purposes of article 32 of the Act.

5. The President of a Council shall be appointed for a term of

three years.

6. The other members of a Council, whether appointed or

elected, shall hold office for three years

Provided that the Prime MInister may remove any such

member from office on grounds of proved misbehaviour or proved

incapacity (whether arising from infirmity of body or mind or any

other cause) to perform the functions of members.

7. The President and other members of a Council may resign

their office before the expiration of their term of office by letter in

writing (in the case of the President addressed to the Prime

Minister, and in the case of other members addressed to the

President of the Council).

8. Where for any cause a vacancy arises in any Council, in the

case of an appointed member another member shall be appointed to

fill the vacancy, and in the case of an elected member an election

shall be held, in each case within one month of the vacancy

occurring. T he member so appointed or elected shall be so

appointed or elected for the unexpired period of the term of office

of the member being replaced.

9. All members of a Council may be re-appointed or stand for

election after the expiration of their term of office.

10. The following shall be disqualified from being members of

a Council

(a) Members of the House of Representatives;

(b) such senior members of the Health Division as may be

prescribed

Provided that this disqualification shall not apply

with regard to such senior members who are to hold

office ex officio or whose membership is otherwise

provided for by this Act;

(c) officials (as defined by the Employment and Industrial

Relations Act) of a trade union.

11. Councils may act notwithstanding any vacancy provided

that a quorum is present.

12. In the absence of the President of a Council, the other

members shall elect a person to chair the meeting from among

themselves; such person shall continue to have his original vote as

well as a casting vote.

13. The quorum at a meeting of the Council shall be half the

members thereof plus one.

14. Each Council shall meet at least once monthly.

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15. A member of a Council who absents himself from three

consecutive meetings without just cause and without giving notice

of the reasons for such absence in writing to the President of the

Council before or as soon as may reasonably be after the meeting

shall be declared by the Council to have resigned and shall not be

eligible for re-appointment or re-election before the lapse of one

tear from the date of such declaration.

16. The provisions of the above rules, other than rule 14, shall

mutatis mutandis apply to Specialist Accreditation Committees.

17. Specialist Accreditation Committees shall meet whenever

the need arises, and in any case not later than one month after

receipt of an application by a person for a certificate indicating that

he has the requisites for registration as a specialist.

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In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires -

"adaptation period" means the pursuit of a regulated profession

in the host Member State under the responsibility of a qualified

registered member of that profession, such period of supervised

practice possibly being accompanied by further training;

"aptitude test" means a test of the professional knowledge, skills

and competences of the applicant, made by the relevant Councils

with the aim of assessing the ability of the applicant to pursue a

regulated profession in Malta;

"Council for Nurses and Midwives" means the Council

established by article 21;

"Council for the Professions Complementary to Medicine"

means the Council established by article 26;

"decision" includes any order or measure against a person in

accordance with articles 32, 35 or 38;

"Disciplinary Committee" means the Disciplinary Committee

established in accordance with the Disciplinary Proceedings

Regulations;

"ECTS credits" means the credit system for higher education

used in the European Higher Education Area;

"European Economic Area" means the area composed of the state

parties to the agreement on the European Economic Area, other

than member states of the European Union; and agreement on the

European Economic Area means the agreement establishing such

area to which Malta became a party pursuant to the Treaty;

"European Professional Card" means an electronic certificate

proving either that the professional has met all the necessary

conditions to provide services in a host Member State on a

temporary and occasional basis or the recognition of professional

qualifications for establishment in a host Member State;

"European Union" means the European Union referred to in the

Treaty;

"evidence of formal qualifications" means diplomas, certificates

and other evidence issued by the competent authority in a Member

State designated pursuant to legislative, regulatory or

administrative provisions of that Member State and certifying

successful completion of professional training obtained mainly in

the Community. Evidence of formal qualifications issued by a third

country shall be regarded as evidence of formal qualifications if the

holder h as three years formal experience in the profession

concerned on the territory of the Member State which recognised

that evidence of formal qualification, certified by that Member

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State;

" go o d con d uc t " m e a n s c o n du c t a p pr o ve d by t he r e l e v a nt

Council;

"health care profession" means a profession regulated by this

Act;

"health care professional" means a person who is authorised to

practise a health care profession in accordance with the provisions

of this Act;

"interim measures" means urgent measures addressed to a health

care professional or the person being investigated and issued by the

relevant Council in the course of an investigation or by the

Disciplinary Committee in the course of disciplinary proceedings due

to the risk of serious and irreparable harm to the reputation and

integrity of the health care profession, the well-being of the injured

party or public safety;

"legal practitioner" means a person who has practised as an

advocate in Malta for a period of, or periods amounting in the

aggregate to, not less than seven years;

"lifelong learning" means general education, vocational

education and training, non-formal education and informal learning

undertaken throughout life, resulting in an improvement in

knowledge, skills and competences, which may include

professional ethics;

"Medical Council" means the Council established by article 9;

"Member State" means a state member of the European Union, a

state within the European Economic Area, Switzerland or any other

state as the Minister may prescribe;

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for health;

"overriding reasons of general interest" means reasons

recognised as such in the case-law of the Court of Justice of the

European Union;

"personal data" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in

Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament

and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural

persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free

movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General

Data Protection Regulation);

"Pharmacy Council" means the Council established by article 15;

"practice" in respect of any health care professional means the

taking up and, or pursuit of the respective profession and includes

the provision of services;

"prescribed" means laid down by regulations in accordance with

the provisions of this Act;

"professional and ethical standards" includes standards relating

to the general conduct of a member of a health care profession,

including the behaviour of such member towards his client or the

pa ti e n t u nd e r h is c a re o r be in g a t t e n de d b y h im , du r i ng or

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consequential to the exercise of his profession, and the behaviour

of such member towards other members of his profession and

towards members of other health care professions and towards

society;

"professional complementary to medicine" means a health care

professional whose name is entered in the Registers of Professions

Complementary to Medicine referred to in article 28;

"professional experience" means the actual and lawful full-time

or equivalent part-time pursuit of the profession concerned in a

Member State;

"Professional secret" or "secret" shall have the same meaning as

assigned to it in the Professional Secrecy Act;

"professional traineeship" means a period of professional

practice carried out under supervision provided it constitutes a

condition for access to a regulated profession, and which can take

place either during or after completion of an education leading to a

diploma;

"qualified person" shall have the same meaning as that given

under the Medicines Act;

"regulated education and training" means any training which is

specifically geared to the pursuit of a given profession and which

comprises a course or courses complemented, where appropriate,

by professional training, or probationary or professional practice.

The structure and level of the professional training, probationary or

professional practice shall be determined by the laws, regulations

or administrative provisions of the Member State concerned or

monitored or approved by the authority designated for that purpose;

"regulated profession" means a professional activity or group of

professional activities, access to which, the pursuit of which, or

one of the modes of pursuit of which is subject, directly or

indirectly, by virtue of legislative, regulatory or administrative

provisions, to the possession of specific professional

qualifications; in particular, the use of a professional title limited

by legislative, regulatory or administrative provisions to holders of

a given professional qualification, shall constitute a mode of

pursuit;

"relevant Council" means

(a) in relation to medical practitioners and dental

surgeons, the Medical Council;

(b) in relation to pharmacists and pharmacy technicians,

the Pharmacy Council;

(c) in relation to nurses and midwives, the Council for

Nurses and Midwives; and

(d) in relation to the Professions Complementary to

Medicine, the Council for the Professions

Complementary to Medicine;

"specialist" means a health care professional whose name is

entered in the appropriate part of the specialist register kept by the

relevant Council in accordance with this Act;

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"Specialist Accreditation Committee" means a committee set up

under article 30;

"third country" means any country other than a member state;

"the Treaty" has the same meaning as is assigned to it in article 2

of the European Union Act.

Substituted by

III. 2004.30;

(Articles 11, 12, 17, 23, 24 and 29)

L.N. 27 of 2008;

L.N. 177 of 2008.

Amended by

L.N. 234 of

2013;

L.N. 219 of 2022.

Substituted by

L.N. 105 of 2025.

5.1.1. Evidence of formal qualification in basic medical training

Country

Evidence of Formal

Body Awarding

Certificate

Reference Date

Qualifications

Qualifications

accompanying

the

qualifications

België / Belgique /

Diploma van arts/

-

Les universités/

20.12.1976

Belgien

Diplôme de docteur en

De

médecine

universiteiten

-

Le Jury

compétent

d’enseignement

Diplôme de

de la

“médecin”/Master in

Communauté

de geneeskunde

française/De

bevoegde

Examencommis

sie van de

Vlaamse

Gemeenschap

България

Диплома за висше

Университет

1.1.2007

образование на

образователно-

квалификационна

степен «магистър» по

Медицина» и

професионална

квалификация

«Магистър-лекар»

Česko

Diplom o ukončení

Lékářská fakulta

1.5.2004

studia ve studijním

univerzity v České

programu všeobecné

republice

lékařství (doktor

medicíny, MUDr.)

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Danmark

Bevis for

Universitet

1. Autorisati 20.12.1976

kandidatuddannelsen i

on som

medicin (cand.med.)

læge

Bevis for bestået

2. Tilladelse

lægevidenskabelig

til

embedseksamen

selvstæ

(cand.med.)

ndigt

virke

som

læge

Deutschland

-

Zeugnis

Zuständige Behörden

20.12.1976

über die

Ärztliche

Prüfung

-

Zeugnis

über die

Ärztliche

Staatsprüfun

g und

Zeugnis

über die

Vorbereitung

szeit als

Medizinalas

sistent,

soweit diese

nach den

deutschen

Rechtsvorsc

hriften noch

für den

Abschluss

der

ärztlichen

Ausbildung

vorgesehen

war

Eesti

Arstikraad

Tartu Ülikool

1.5.2004

Degree in Medicine

(MD) Diplom

arstiteaduse õppekava

läbimise kohta

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Ελλάς

Πτυχίο Ιατρικής

-

Ιατρική Σχολή

1.1.1981

Πανεπιστημίου,

-

Σχολή

Επιστημών

Υγείας, Τμήμα

Ιατρικής

Πανεπιστημίου

España

Título de Licenciado

-

Ministerio de

1.1.1986

en Medicina y Cirugía

Edu cación y

Cultura

Título de Licenciado

-

El rector de una

en Medicina

Universidad

Título de Graduado/a

en Medicina

France

Diplôme d’Etat de

Universités

20.12.1976

docteur en Médicine

Diplôme de fin de

deuxième cycle des

études médicales (1)

Hrvatska

Diploma “doktor

Medicinski fakulteti

1.7.2013

medicine/ doktorica

sveučilišta u Republici

medicine”

Hrvatskoj

Ireland

Primary qualification

Competent examining

Certificate of

20.12.1976

body

experience

Italia

Diploma di laurea in

Università

Diploma di

20.12.1976

medicina e chirurgia

abilitazione

all’esercizio della

medicina e

chirurgia (2)

Κύπρος

Πιστοποιητικό

Ιατρικό Συμβούλιο

1.5.2004

Εγγραφής Ιατρού

Ιατρικη σχολη

πανεπιστημιου κυπρου

(3)

Πτυχίο Ιατρικής

Ευρωπαϊκό Πανεπιστήμιο

Κύπρου (4)

Πανεπιστήμιο Λευκωσίας

(5)

Latvija

ārsta diploms

Universitātes tipa

1.5.2004

augstskola Universitāte

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Lietuva

1. Aukštojo Universitetas

1. Internatūr 1.5.2004

mokslo

os

diplom

pažymė

as,

jima,

nuroda

nuroda

ntis

ntis

suteiktą

suteiktą

gydytoj

medici

o

nos

kvalifik

gydytoj

aciją

o

profesi

2. Magistro

d

nę

iplomas

kvalifik

(medici

aciją

nos

magistr

1. Internatūr

o

os

kvalifik

pažymė

acinis

jimas

laipsnis

(medici

ir

nos

gydytoj

gydytoj

o

o

kvalifik

profesi

acija)

nė

kvalifik

acija)

Luxembourg

Diplôme d’Etat de

Jury d’examen d’Etat

Certificat de

20.12.1976

docteur en médecine,

stage

chirurgie et

accouchements

Magyarország

Okleveles orvosdoktor Egyetem

1.5.2004

oklevél (dr. med)

Malta

Lawrja ta’ Tabib tal-

Università ta’ Malta

Ċertifikat ta’

1.5.2004

Mediċina u l-Kirurġija

reġistrazzjoni

maħruġ mill-

Kunsill Mediku

Getuigschrift van met

Faculteit Geneeskunde

20.12.1976

Nederland

goed gevolg afgelegd

artsexamen

Master of Science in

de Geneeskunde (6)

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Österreich

Urkunde über die

Medizinische Fakultät

1.1.1994

Verleihung des

einer Universität, bzw

akademischen Grades

Medizinische Universität

Doktor der gesamten

Heilkunde (bzw.

Doctor medicinae

universae,

Dr.med.univ.)

Polska

Dyplom ukończenia

Szkoły wyższe

Świadectwo

1.5.2004

studiów wyższych na

złożenia

kierunku lekarskim z

Lekarskiego

tytułem „lekarz”

Egzaminu

Państwowego

(7)/ Świadectwo

złożenia

Lekarskiego

Egzaminu

Końcowego (8)

Zaświadczenie o

ukończeniu stażu

podyplomowego

Portugal

Carta de Curso de

Universidades

Certificado

1.1.1986

licenciatura em

emitido pela

medicina

Ordem dos

Certificado de

Médicos

mestrado integrado em

medicina

România

Diplomă de licenţă de

Universităţi Ministerul

1.1.2007

doctor medic

Educației Naționale (10)

Diploma de licență și

master (9)

Slovenija

Diploma, s katero se

Univerza

Potrdilo o

1.5.2004

podeljuje strokovni

Opravljenem

naslov “doktor

Strokovnem

medicine/doktorica

Izpitu za Poklic

medicine”

Zdravnik/

Zdravnica

Slovensko

DIPLOM všeobecné

Univerzita

1.5.2004

lekárstvo doktor

všeobecného lekárstva

(“MUDr.”)

Suomi/Finland

Lääketieteen

Yliopisto

1.1.1994

lisensiaatin tutkinto/

Medicine

licentiatexamen

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Sverige

Läkarexamen

Universitet eller högskola Bevis om

1.1.1994

legitimation som

läkare, utfärdat

av

Socialstyrelsen

United Kingdom

Primary qualification

Competent examining

Certificate of

20.12.1976

body

experience

(11)

.

(1) As of 2003/2004 until 2013/2014.

.

(2) Until 2.4.2020.

.

(3) As of September 2013.

.

(4) As of September 2013.

.

(5) As of October 2014.

.

(6) As of 2001/2002.

.

(7) Until 2012.

.

(8) As of 2013.

.

(9) As of 2011.

.

(10) As of 2011.

.

(11) Issued before 1.1.2021.

5.1.2 Evidence of formal qualification of specialised doctors

Country

Evidence of Formal

Body awarding the

Reference

Qualifications

qualifications

Date

België/Belgique/

Bijzondere beroepstitel

Minister bevoegd voor

20.12.1976

Belgie

van geneesheer-

Volksgezondheid/Ministre de

specialist/Titre

la Santé publique

professionnel particulier

de médecin spécialiste

България

Свидетелство за

Университет

1.1.2007

призната специалност

Česko

Diplom o specializaci

Ministerstvo zdravotnictví

1.5.2004

Danmark

Bevis for tilladelse til at

Sundhedsstyrelsen

20.12.1976

betegne sig som

Styrelsen for Patientsikkerhed

speciallæge

Deutschland

Fachärztliche

Landesärztekammer

20.12.1976

Anerkennung

Eesti

Residentuuri lõpetamist

Tartu Ülikool

1.5.2004

tõendav tunnistus

Residentuuri

lõputunnistus eriarstiabi

erialal

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Ελλάς

Τίτλος Ιατρικής

1. Περιφέρεια

1.1.1981

Ειδικότητας

2. Νομαρχιακή

Αυτοδιοίκηση

3. Νομαρχία

España

Título de Especialista

-

Ministerio

1.1.1986

competente en el

ámbito de la

Educación/

Universidades

-

Ministerio

competente en el

ámbito de la

Sanidad (1)

France

1. Certificat

1. Universités

20.12.1976

d’études

2. Conseil de l’Ordre

spéciales de

des médecins

médecine

3. Universités

accompagné

du diplôme

d’Etat de

docteur en

médecine

2. Attestation de

médecin

spécialiste

qualifié

accompagnée

du diplôme

d’Etat de

docteur en

médecine

3. Diplôme

d’études

spécialisées ou

diplôme

d’études

spécialisées

complémentair

es qualifiant de

médecine

accompagné

du diplôme

d’Etat de

docteur en

médecine

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Hrvatska

Diploma o

Ministarstvo nadležno za

1.7.2013

specijalističkom

zdravstvo

usavršavanju

Ireland

Certificate of Specialist

Competent authority

20.12.1976

doctor

Italia

Diploma di medico

Università

20.12.1976

specialista

Κύπρος

Πιστοποιητικό

Ιατρικό Συμβούλιο

1.5.2004

Αναγνώρισης

Ειδικότητας

Latvija

1. “Sertifikāts”–

Latvijas Ārstu biedrība

1.5.2004

kompetentu

Latvijas Ārstniecības personu

iestāžu

profesionālo organizāciju

izsniegts

savienība (3)

dokuments,

kas apliecina,

ka persona ir

nokārtojusi

sertifikācijas

eksāmenu

specialitātē (2)

2. Ārstniecības

personas

sertifikāts

Lietuva

1. Rezidentūros

Universitetas

1.5.2004

pažymėjimas,

nurodantis

suteiktą

gydytojo

specialisto

profesinę

kvalifikaciją

2. Rezidentūros

pažymėjimas

(gydytojo

specialisto

profesinė

kvalifikacija)

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Luxembourg

1. Certificat de

1. Ministre de la Santé

20.12.1976

médecin

publique

15.9.2021

spécialiste

2. Université du

2. Diplôme

Luxembourg

d’études

spécialisées en

médecine

Magyarország

Szakorvosi bizonyítvány

Nemzeti Vizsgabizottság

1.5.2004

Malta

Ċertifikat ta’ Speċjalista

Kumitat ta’ Approvazzjoni

1.5.2004

Mediku

dwar Speċjalisti

Nederland

Bewijs van inschrijving

-

Medische

20.12.1976

in een

Specialisten

Specialistenregister

Registratie

Commissie (MSRC)

van de Koninklijke

Diploma geneeskundig

Nederlandsche

specialist

Maatschappij tot

bevordering der

Geneeskunst

-

Sociaal-

Geneeskundigen

Registratie

Commissie (SGRC)

van de Koninklijke

Nederlandsche

Maatschappij tot

Bevordering der

Geneeskunst

-

Registratiecommissie

G

eneeskundig

Specialisten (RGS)

van de Koninklijke

Nederlandsche

Maatschappij tot

Bevordering der

Geneeskuns (4)

Österreich

Facharztdiplom

Österreichische Ärztekammer

1.1.1994

Polska

Dyplom uzyskania tytułu

Centrum Egzaminów

1.5.2004

specjalisty

Medycznych

Portugal

Titulo de especialista

Ordem dos Médicos

1.1.1986

România

Certificat de medic

Ministerul Sănătăţii

1.1.2007

specialist

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Slovenija

Potrdilo o opravljenem

1. Ministrstvo za

1.5.2004

specialističnem izpitu

zdravje

2. Zdravniška zbornica

Slovenije

Slovensko

Diplom o špecializácii

1. Slovenská

1.5.2004

zdravotnícka

univerzita

2. Univerzita

Komenského v

Bratislave

3. Univerzita Pavla

Jozefa Šafárika v

Košiciach

Suomi/Finland

Erikoislääkärin tutkinto/

Yliopisto

1.1.1994

Specialläkarexamen (5)

Erikoislääkärikoulutus/

Specialistläkarutbildning

(6)

Sverige

Bevis om

Socialstyrelsen

1.1.1994

specialkompetens som

läkare, utfärdat av

Socialstyrelsen

United Kingdom

Certificate of

Postgraduate Medical

20.12.1976

Completion of training

Education and Training Board

1.4.2010

General Medical Council

(7)

.

(1) As of 1.1.2022.

.

(2) Until 31.12.2012.

.

(3) Until 31.12.2008.

.

(4) As of January 2013.

.

(5) Until 31.1.2015.

.

(6) As of 1.2.2015.

.

(7) Issued before 1.1.2021.

5.1.3. Titles of training courses in specialised medicine

Anaesthetics

General Surgery

Minimum period of training

Minimum period of

3 years

training: 5 years

Country

Title

Title

Belgique/België/

Anesthésie-réanimation/

Chirurgie/Heelkunde

Belgien

Anesthesiereanimatie

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

България

Анестезиология и интензивно

Хирургия

лечение

Česko

Anesteziologie a intenzivní medicína

Chirurgie

Danmark

Anæstesiologi

Kirurgi

Deutschland

Anästhesiologie

(Allgemeine) Chirurgie

Eesti

Anestesioloogia

Üldkirurgia

Ελλάς

Αναισθησιολογία

Χειρουργική

España

Anestesiología y Reanimación

Cirugía general y del

aparato digestivo

France

Anesthésie-réanimation

Chirurgie générale

Hrvatska

Anesteziologija, reanimatologija i

Opća kirurgija

intenzivna medicina

Ireland

General surgery

Anaesthesia (1)

Anaesthesiology (2)

Italia

Anestesia, rianimazione e terapia

Chirurgia generale

intensiva Anestesia, rianimazione,

terapia intensiva e del dolore (3)

Κύπρος

Αναισθησιολογία

Γενική Χειρουργική

Latvija

Anestezioloģija un reanimatoloģija

Ķirurģija

Lietuva

Anesteziologija reanimatologija

Chirurgija

Luxembourg

Anesthésie-réanimation

Chirurgie générale

Magyarország

Aneszteziológia és intenzív terápia

Sebészet

Malta

Anesteżija u Kura Intensiva

Kirurġija Ġenerali

Nederland

Anesthesiologie

Heelkunde

Österreich

Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin

— Chirurgie —

Allgemeinchirurgie und

Viszeralchirurgie (4)

Polska

Anestezjologia i intensywna terapia

Chirurgia ogólna

Portugal

Anestesiologia

Cirurgia gera

România

Anestezie şi terapie intensivă

Chirurgie generală

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Slovenija

Anesteziologija, reanimatologija in

Splošna kirurgija

perioperativna intenzivna medicina

Slovensko

Anestéziológia a intenzívna medicína

Chirurgia

Suomi/Finland

Anestesiologia ja tehohoito/

Yleiskirurgia/Allmän

Anestesiologi och intensivvård

kirurgi

Sverige

Anestesi och intensivvård

Kirurgi

United Kingdom

Anaesthetics (5)

General surgery (6)

.

(1) Until 2018.

.

(2) As of 2019.

.

(3) As of February 2015.

.

(4) As of June 2015.

.

(5) Issued before 1.1.2021.

.

(6) Issued before 1.1.2021.

Neurological surgery

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Minimum period of

Minimum period of training

Country

training: 5 years

4 years

Title

Title

Belgique/België/

Neurochirurgie

Gynécologie – obstétrique /

Belgien

Gynaecologie – verloskunde

България

Неврохирургия

Акушерство и гинекология

Česko

Neurochirurgie

Gynekologie a porodnictví

Danmark

Neurokirurgi

Gynækologi og obstetrik

Deutschland

Neurochirurgie

Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe

Eesti

Neurokirurgia

Sünnitusabi ja günekoloogia

Ελλάς

Νευροχειρουργική

Μαιευτική-Γυναικολογία

España

Neurocirugía

Obstetricia y ginecología

France

Neurochirurgie

Gynécologie – obstétrique

Hrvatska

Neurokirurgija

Ginekologija i opstetricija

Ireland

Neurosurgery

Obstetrics and gynaecology

Italia

Neurochirurgia

Ginecologia e ostetricia

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Κύπρος

Νευροχειρουργική

Μαιευτική – Γυναικολογία

Latvija

Neiroķirurģija

Ginekoloģija un dzemdniecība

Lietuva

Neurochirurgija

Akušerija ginekologija

Luxembourg

Neurochirurgie

Gynécologie – obstétrique

Magyarország

Idegsebészet

Szülészet-nőgyógyászat

Malta

Newrokirurġija

Ostetriċja u Ġinekoloġija

Nederland

Neurochirurgie

Obstetrie en Gynaecologie

Österreich

Neurochirurgie

Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe

Polska

Neurochirurgia

Położnictwo i ginekologia

Portugal

Neurocirurgia

Ginecologia e obstetricia

România

Neurochirurgie

Obstetrică-ginecologie

Slovenija

Nevrokirurgija

Ginekologija in porodništvo

Slovensko

Neurochirurgia

Gynekológia a pôrodníctvo

Suomi/Finland

Neurokirurgia/Neurokirurgi

Naistentaudit ja synnytykset /

Kvinnosjukdomar och förlossningar

Sverige

Neurokirurgi

Obstetrik och gynekologi

United Kingdom

Neurosurgery (1)

Obstetrics and gynaecology (2)

.

(1) Issued before 1.1.2021.

.

(2) Issued before 1.1.2021.

General (Internal) Medicine

Ophtalmology

Minimum period of training

Minimum period of training

5 years

3 years

Country

Title

Title

Belgique/België/

Médecine interne/Inwendige

Ophtalmologie/Oftalmologie

Belgien

geneeskunde

България

Вътрешни болести

Очни болести

Česko

Vnitřní lékařství

Oftalmologie

Danmark

Oftalmologi

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Deutschland

Innere Medizin

Augenheilkunde

Eesti

Sisehaigused

Oftalmoloogia

Ελλάς

Παθολογία

Οφθαλμολογία

España

Medicina interna

Oftalmología

France

Médecine interne Médecine

Ophtalmologie

interne et immunologie clinique

(1)

Hrvatska

Opća interna medicina

Oftalmologija i optometrija

Ireland

General (Internal) Medicine

Ophthalmic surgery

Ophthalmology (2)

Italia

Medicina interna

Oftalmologia

Κύπρος

Παθολογία

Οφθαλμολογία

Latvija

Internā medicīna

Oftalmoloģija

Lietuva

Vidaus ligos

Oftalmologija

Luxembourg

Médecine interne

Ophtalmologie

Magyarország

Belgyógyászat

Szemészet

Malta

Mediċina Interna

Oftalmoloġija

Nederland

Interne geneeskunde

Oogheelkunde

Österreich

Innere Medizin

Augenheilkunde und

Optometrie

Polska

Choroby wewnętrzne

Okulistyka

Portugal

Medicina interna

Oftalmologia

România

Medicină internă

Oftalmologie

Slovenija

Interna medicina

Oftalmologija

Slovensko

Vnútorné lekárstvo

Oftalmológia

Suomi/Finland

Sisätaudit/Inre medicin

Silmätaudit/Ögonsjukdomar

Sverige

Internmedicin

Ögonsjukdomar (oftalmologi)

United Kingdom

General (internal) medicine (3)

Ophthalmology (4)

.

(1) As of 2017/2018.

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

.

(2) As of 1991/1992.

.

(3) Issued before 1.1.2021.

.

(4) Issued before 1.1.2021.

Otolaryngology

Paediatrics

Minimum period of

Minimum period of training

training: 3 years

4 years

Country

Title

Title

Belgique/België/

Chirurgie orthopédique/

Anatomie pathologique/

Belgien

Orthopedische heelkunde

Pathologische anatomie

България

Ортопедия и травматология

Обща и клинична патология

Česko

Ortopedie

Patologie

Danmark

Ortopædisk kirurgi

Patologisk anatomi og cytology

Deutschland

-

Orthopädie (und

Pathologie

Unfallchirurgie)

-

Orthopädie und

Unfallchirurgie (1)

Eesti

Ortopeedia

Patoloogia

Ελλάς

Ορθοπεδική

Παθολογική Ανατομική

España

Cirugía ortopédica y

Anatomía patológica

traumatología

France

Chirurgie orthopédique et

Anatomie et cytologie

traumatologie

pathologiques

Hrvatska

Ortopedija i traumatologija

Patologija Patologija i citologija

(2)

Ireland

Trauma and orthopaedic surgery

Histopathology

Italia

Ortopedia e traumatologia

Anatomia patologica

Κύπρος

Ορθοπεδική

Παθολογοανατομία – Ιστολογία

Latvija

Traumatoloģija un ortopēdija

Patoloģija

Lietuva

Ortopedija traumatologija

Patologija

Luxembourg

Orthopédie

Anatomie pathologique

Magyarország

Ortopédia és traumatológia

Patológia

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Malta

Kirurġija Ortopedika

Istopatoloġija

Nederland

Orthopedie

Pathologie

Österreich

-

Orthopädie und

-

Pathologie

Orthopädische

-

Klinische Pathologie

Chirurgie

und

Molekularpathologie

-

Orthopädie und

(4)

Traumatologie (3)

-

Klinische Pathologie

und Neuropathologie

Polska

Ortopedia i traumatologia

Patomorfologia

narządu ruchu

Portugal

Ortopedia

Anatomia patologica

România

Ortopedie şi traumatologie

Anatomie patologică

Slovenija

-

Ortopedska kirurgija;

Patologija

Travmatologija

Slovensko

Ortopédia

Patologická anatómia

Suomi/Finland

Ortopedia ja traumatologia/

Patologia/Patologi

Ortopedi och traumatologi

Sverige

Ortopedi

Klinisk patologi

United Kingdom

Trauma and orthopaedic surgery

Histopathology (6)

(5)

.

(1) As of May 2006.

.

(2) As of 3.11.2015.

.

(3) As of June 2015.

.

(4) As of June 2015.

.

(5) Issued before 1.1.2021.

.

(6) Issued before 1.1.2021.

Respiratory medicine

Urology

Minimum period of training

Minimum period of

4 years

training: 5 years

Country

Title

Title

Belgique/België/Belgien

Pneumologie

Urologie

България

Пневмология и фтизиатрия

Урология

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Česko

Pneumologie a ftizeologie

Urologie

Danmark

Intern medicin: lungesygdomme

Urologi

Deutschland

-

Pneumologie

Urologie

-

Innere Medizin und

Pneumologie (1)

Eesti

Pulmonoloogia

Uroloogia

Ελλάς

Φυματιολογία- Πνευμοvολογία

Ουρολογία

España

Neumología

Urología

France

Pneumologie

Chirurgie urologique Urologie

(2)

Hrvatska

Pulmologija

Urologija

Ireland

Respiratory medicine

Urology

Italia

Malattie dell’apparato

Urologia

respiratorio

Κύπρος

Πνευμονολογία – Φυματιολογία

Ουρολογία

Latvija

Ftiziopneimonoloģija

Uroloģija

Lietuva

Pulmonologija

Urologija

Luxembourg

Pneumologie

Urologie

Magyarország

Tüdőgyógyászat

Urológia

Malta

Mediċina Respiratorja

Uroloġija

Nederland

Longziekten en tuberculose

Urologie

Österreich

-

Lungenkrankheiten

Urologie

-

Innere Medizin und

Pneumologie (3)

Polska

Choroby płuc

Urologia

Portugal

Pneumologia

Urologia

România

Pneumologie

Urologie

Slovenija

Pnevmologija

Urologija

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Slovensko

Pneumológia a ftizeológia

Urológia

Suomi/Finland

Keuhkosairaudet ja allergologia/

Urologia/Urologi

Lungsjukdomar och allergologi

Sverige

Lungsjukdomar (pneumologi)

Urologi

United Kingdom

Urology (5)

Respiratory medicine (4)

.

(1) As of July 2011.

.

(2) As of 2017/2018.

.

(3) As of June 2015.

.

(4) As of June 2015.

.

(5) As of June 2015.

Orthopaedics

Pathological anatomy

Minimum period of

Minimum period of training

training: 5 years

4 years

Country

Title

Title

Belgique/België/

Chirurgie orthopédique/

Anatomie pathologique/

Belgien

Orthopedische heelkunde

Pathologische anatomie

България

Ортопедия и травматология

Обща и клинична патология

Česko

Ortopedie

Patologie

Danmark

Ortopædisk kirurgi

Patologisk anatomi og cytology

Deutschland

-

Orthopädie (und

Pathologie

Unfallchirurgie)

-

Orthopädie und

Unfallchirurgie (1)

Eesti

Ortopeedia

Patoloogia

Ελλάς

Ορθοπεδική

Παθολογική Ανατομική

España

Cirugía ortopédica y

Anatomía patológica

traumatología

France

Chirurgie orthopédique et

Anatomie et cytologie

traumatologie

pathologiques

Hrvatska

Ortopedija i traumatologija

Patologija Patologija i citologija

(2)

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Ireland

Trauma and orthopaedic surgery

Histopathology

Italia

Ortopedia e traumatologia

Anatomia patologica

Κύπρος

Ορθοπεδική

Παθολογοανατομία – Ιστολογία

Latvija

Traumatoloģija un ortopēdija

Patoloģija

Lietuva

Ortopedija traumatologija

Patologija

Luxembourg

Orthopédie

Anatomie pathologique

Magyarország

Ortopédia és traumatológia

Patológia

Malta

Kirurġija Ortopedika

Istopatoloġija

Nederland

Orthopedie

Pathologie

Österreich

-

Orthopädie und

-

Pathologie

Orthopädische

-

Klinische Pathologie

Chirurgie

und

-

Orthopädie und

Molekularpathologie

Traumatologie (3)

(4)

-

Klinische Pathologie

und Neuropathologie

Polska

Ortopedia i traumatologia

Patomorfologia

narządu ruchu

Portugal

Ortopedia

Anatomia patologica

România

Ortopedie şi traumatologie

Anatomie patologică

Slovenija

-

Ortopedska kirurgija;

Patologija

Travmatologija

Slovensko

Ortopédia

Patologická anatómia

Suomi/Finland

Ortopedia ja traumatologia/

Patologia/Patologi

Ortopedi och traumatologi

Sverige

Ortopedi

Klinisk patologi

United Kingdom

Trauma and orthopaedic surgery

Histopathology (6)

(5)

.

(1) As of May 2006.

.

(2) As of June 2015.

.

(3)As of June 2015.

.

(4) As of June 2015.

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

.

(5) Issued before 1.1.2021.

.

(6) Issued before 1.1.2021.

Neurology

Psychiatry

Minimum period of training

Minimum period of training

4 years

4 years

Country

Title

Title

Belgique/België/

Neurologie

Psychiatrie, particulièrement de

Belgien

l’adulte/ Psychiatrie, meer bepaald in

de volwassenpsychiatrie

България

Нервни болести

Психиатрия

Česko

Neurologie

Psychiatrie

Danmark

Neurologi

Psykiatri

Deutschland

Neurologie

Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie

Eesti

Neuroloogia

Psühhiaatria

Ελλάς

Νευρολογία

Ψυχιατρική

España

Neurología

Psiquiatría

France

Neurologie

Psychiatrie

Hrvatska

Neurologija

Psihijatrija

Ireland

Neurology

Psychiatry

Italia

Neurologia

Psichiatria

Κύπρος

Νευρολογία

Ψυχιατρική

Latvija

Neiroloģija

Psihiatrija

Lietuva

Neurologija

Psichiatrija

Luxembourg

Neurologie

Psychiatrie

Magyarország

Neurológia

Pszichiátria

Malta

Newroloġija

Psikjatrija

Nederland

Neurologie

Psychiatrie

Österreich

Neurologie

Psychiatrie und Psychotherapeutische

Medizin

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Polska

Neurologia

Psychiatria

Portugal

Neurologia

Psiquiatria

România

Neurologie

Psihiatrie

Slovenija

Nevrologija

Psihiatrija

Slovensko

Neurológia

Psychiatria

Suomi/Finland

Neurologia/Neurologi

Psykiatria/Psykiatri

Sverige

Neurologi

Psykiatria/Psykiatri

United Kingdom

Neurology (1)

General psychiatry (2)

.

(1) Issued before 1.1.2021.

.

(2) Issued before 1.1.2021.

Diagnostic radiology

Radiotherapy

Minimum period of

Minimum period of training

training: 4 years

4 years

Country

Title

Title

Belgique/België/

Radiodiagnostic/

Radiothérapie-oncologie/

Belgien

Röntgendiagnose

Radiotherapieoncologie

България

Образна диагностика

Лъчелечение

Česko

Radiologie a zobrazovací

Radiační onkologie

metody

Danmark

Radiologi

Klinisk Onkologi

Deutschland

(Diagnostische) Radiologie

Strahlentherapie

Eesti

Radioloogia

Onkoloogia

Ελλάς

Ακτινοδιαγνωστική

Ακτινοθεραπευτική – Ογκολογία

España

Radiodiagnóstico

Oncología radioterápica

France

Radiodiagnostic et imagerie

Oncologie option radiothérapie

médicale Radiologie et imagerie

médicale (1)

Hrvatska

Klinička radiologija

Onkologija i radioterapija

Ireland

Radiology

Radiation oncology

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Italia

Radiodiagnostica

Radioterapia

Κύπρος

Ακτινολογία

Ακτινοθεραπευτική Ογκολογία

Latvija

Diagnostiskā radioloģija

Terapeitiskā radioloģija

Lietuva

Radiologija

Onkologija radioterapija

Luxembourg

Radiodiagnostic

Radiothérapie

Magyarország

Radiológia

Sugárterápia

Malta

Radjoloġija

Onkoloġija u Radjoterapija

Nederland

Radiologie

Radiotherapie

Österreich

Radiologie

Strahlentherapie-Radioonkologie

Polska

Radiologia i diagnostyka

Radioterapia onkologiczna

obrazowa

Portugal

Radiodiagnóstico

Radioterapia Radioncologia

România

Radiologie-imagistică medicală

Radioterapie

Slovenija

Radiologija

Radioterapija in onkologija

Slovensko

Rádiológia

Radiačná onkológia

Suomi/Finland

Radiologia/Radiologi

Syöpätaudit/Cancersjukdomar

Sverige

Medicinsk radiologi Radiologi

Tumörsjukdomar (allmän

(2)

onkologi) Onkologi (3)

United Kingdom

Clinical radiology (4)

Clinical oncology (5)

.

(1) As of 2017/2018.

.

(2) As of May 2015.

.

(3) As of September 2008.

.

(4) Issued before 1.1.2021.

.

(5) Issued before 1.1.2021.

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Plastic Surgery

Clinical biology

Minimum period of training

Minimum period of

5 years

training: 4 years

Country

Title

Title

Belgique/België/

Chirurgie plastique, reconstructrice et

Biologie clinique/Klinische

Belgien

esthétique/Plastische, reconstructieve

biologie

en esthetische heelkunde

България

Пластично-възстановителна и

Клинична лаборатория

естетична хирургия

Česko

Plastická chirurgie

Danmark

Plastikkirurgi

Deutschland

-

Plastische (und Ästhetische)

Laboratoriumsmedizin (2)

Chirurgie

-

Plastische und Ästhetische

Chirurgie (1)

Eesti

Plastika- ja rekonstruktiivkirurgia

Laborimeditsiin

Ελλάς

Πλαστική Χειρουργική

Ιατρική βιοπαθολογία (3)

España

Cirugía plástica, estética y reparadora

Análisis clínicos

France

Chirurgie plastique, reconstructrice et

Biologie médicale

esthétique

Hrvatska

Plastična, rekonstrukcijska i estetska

kirurgija

Ireland

Plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic

Patologia clinica Patologia

surgery

clinica e biochimica clinica

(4)

Italia

Chirurgia plastica, ricostruttiva ed

estetica

Κύπρος

Πλαστική Χειρουργική

Latvija

Plastiskā ķirurģija

Lietuva

Plastinė ir rekonstrukcinė chirurgija

Laboratorinė medicina

Luxembourg

Chirurgie plastique

Biologie clinique

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Magyarország

-

Plasztikai (égési) sebészet

Orvosi laboratóriumi

diagnosztika

-

Plasztikai és égés-sebészet

(5)

Malta

Kirurġija Plastika

Nederland

Plastische chirurgie

Österreich

Plastische, Ästhetische und

Medizinische Biologie

Rekonstruktive Chirurgie

Plastische, Rekonstruktive und

Ästhetische Chirurgie (6)

Polska

Chirurgia plastyczna

Diagnostyka laboratoryjna

Portugal

Cirurgia plástica, estética e

Patologia clínica

reconstrutiva

România

Chirurgie plastică, estetică şi

Medicină de laborator

microchirurgie reconstructivă

Slovenija

Plastična, rekonstrukcijska in estetska

kirurgija

Slovensko

Plastická chirurgia

Laboratórna medicína

Suomi/Finland

Plastiikkakirurgia/Plastikkirurgi

Sverige

Plastikkirurgi

United Kingdom

Plastic surgery (7)

.

(1) As of 2006.

.

(2) As of 2012.

.

(3) Date of repeal within the meaning of Article 27(3): 30.12.1994.

.

(4) As of June 2015.

.

(5) As from 2012.

.

(6) As of June 2015.

.

(7) Issued before 1.1.2021.

Microbiology-bacteriology

Biological chemistry

Minimum period of training

Minimum period of

4 years

training: 4 years

Country

Title

Title

Belgique/België/

Microbiologie médicale/medische

Belgien

microbiologie (1)

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

България

Микробиология

Биохимия

Česko

Lékařská mikrobiologie

Klinická biochemie

Danmark

Klinisk mikrobiologi

Klinisk biokemi

Deutschland

-

Mikrobiologie (Virologie)

Laboratoriumsmedizin (3)

und Infektionsepidemiologie

-

Mikrobiologie, Virologie und

Infektionsepidemiologie (2)

Eesti

-

Ελλάς

-

Ιατρική Βιοπαθολογία

Ιατρική βιοπαθολογία (4)

-

Μικροβιολογία

España

Microbiología y parasitología

Bioquímica clínica

France

Hrvatska

Klinička mikrobiologija

Ireland

Microbiology Microbiology (clinical

Chemical pathology

and laboratory) (5)

Italia

Microbiologia e virologia

Biochimica clinica (6)

Biochimica (7)

Κύπρος

Μικροβιολογία

Latvija

Mikrobioloģija

Lietuva

Luxembourg

Microbiologie

Chimie biologique

Magyarország

Orvosi mikrobiológia

Malta

Mikrobijoloġija/Batterjoloġija

Patoloġija Kimika

Nederland

Medische microbiologie

Klinische chemie (8)

Österreich

-

Hygiene und Mikrobiologie

Medizinische und

Chemische

-

Klinische Mikrobiologie und

Labordiagnostik

Hygiene (9)

-

Klinische Mikrobiologie und

Virologie (10)

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Polska

Mikrobiologia lekarska

Portugal

România

Slovenija

Klinična mikrobiologija

Medicinska biokemija

Slovensko

Klinická mikrobiológia

Klinická biochémia

Suomi/Finland

Kliininen mikrobiologia/Klinisk

Kliininen kemia/Klinisk

mikrobiologi

kemi

Sverige

Klinisk bakteriologi Klinisk

Klinisk kemi

mikrobiologi (11)

United Kingdom

Medical microbiology and virology

(12) (13)

.

(1) As of 2020/2021.

.

(2) As of May 2006.

.

(3) Until 2012.

.

(4) Date of repeal within the meaning of Article 27(3): 30.12.1994.

.

(5) As of 2020/2021.

.

(6) Date of repeal within the meaning of Article 27(3): 3.6.2015.

.

(7) As of 3.6.2015.

.

(8) Date of repeal within the meaning of Article 27(3): 4.4.2000.

.

(9) As of June 2015.

.

(10 As of June 2015

.

(11 As of May 2015.

.

(12)Until 11.10.2018.

.

(13) Issued before 1.1.2021.

Immunology

Thoracic surgery

Minimum period of

Minimum period of training

training: 4 years

5 years

Country

Title

Title

Belgique/België/

Chirurgie thoracique/Heelkunde

Belgien

op de thorax (1)

България

Клинична имунология

Гръдна хирургия

Кардиохирургия

Česko

Alergologie a klinická

Hrudní chirurgie

imunologie

Danmark

Klinisk immunologi

Thoraxkirurgi

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Deutschland

Thoraxchirurgie

Eesti

Torakaalkirurgia

Ελλάς

Χειρουργική Θώρακος

España

Inmunología

Cirugía torácica

France

Médecine interne et

Chirurgie thoracique et

cardiovasculaire

immunologie clinique (2)

Hrvatska

Alergologija i klinička

Specijalist kardiotorakalna

imunologija

kirurgija (3)

Ireland

Immunology (clinical and

Cardiothoracic surgery

laboratory)

Italia

-

Chirurgia toracica

Κύπρος

Ανοσολογία

Χειρουργική Θώρακος

Latvija

Imunoloģija

Torakālā ķirurģija Sirds ķirurgs

Lietuva

Krūtinės chirurgija

Luxembourg

Immunologie

Chirurgie thoracique

Magyarország

Allergológia és klinikai

Mellkassebészet

immunológia

Malta

Immunoloġija

Kirurġija Kardjo-Toraċika

Nederland

Cardio-thoracale chirurgie

Österreich

-

Immunologie

Thoraxchirurgie

-

Klinische

Immunologie (4)

Polska

Immunologia kliniczna

Chirurgia klatki piersiowej

Portugal

Cirurgia cardiotorácica

România

Chirurgie toracică

Slovenija

Torakalna kirurgija

Slovensko

Klinická imunológia a

Hrudníková chirurgia

alergológia

Suomi/Finland

Sydän-ja rintaelinkirurgia/Hjärt-

och thoraxkirurgi

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Sverige

Thoraxkirurgi

Klinisk immunologi (5)

United Kingdom

Immunology (6)

Cardo-thoracic surgery (7)

.

(1) Date of repeal within the meaning of Article 27(3): 1.1.1983.

.

(2) As of 2017/2018.

.

(3) As of September 2011.

.

(4) As of June 2015.

.

(5) Date of repeal within the meaning of Article 27(3): 14.6.2017.

.

(6) Issued before 1.1.2021.

.

(7) Issued before 1.1.2021.

Paediatric surgery

Vascular surgery

Minimum period of

Minimum period of training

training: 5 years

5 years

Country

Title

Title

Belgique/België/

Chirurgie des vaisseaux/

Belgien

Bloedvatenheelkunde (1)

България

Детска хирургия

Съдова хирургия

Česko

Dětská chirurgie

Cévní chirurgie

Danmark

Karkirurgi

Deutschland

Kinderchirurgie

Gefäßchirurgie

Eesti

Lastekirurgia

Kardiovaskulaarkirurgia

Ελλάς

Χειρουργική Παίδων

Αγγειοχειρουργική

España

Cirugía pediátrica

Angiología y cirugía vascular

France

Chirurgie infantile Chirurgie

Chirurgie vasculaire

pédiatrique (2)

Hrvatska

Dječja kirurgija

Vaskularna kirurgija

Ireland

Paediatric surgery

Vascular surgery (3)

Italia

Chirurgia pediatrica

Chirurgia vascolare

Κύπρος

Χειρουργική Παίδων

Χειρουργική Αγγείων

Latvija

Bērnu ķirurģija

Asinsvadu ķirurģija

Lietuva

Vaikų chirurgija

Kraujagyslių chirurgija

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Luxembourg

Chirurgie pédiatrique

Chirurgie vasculaire

Magyarország

Gyermeksebészet

Érsebészet

Malta

Kirurgija Pedjatrika

Kirurġija Vaskolari

Nederland

Österreich

Kinder-und Jugendchirurgie

Allgemeinchirurgie und

Gefäßchirurgie

Polska

Chirurgia dziecięca

Chirurgia naczyniowa

Portugal

Cirurgia pediátrica

Angologia/Cirurgia vascular

România

Chirurgie pediatrică

Chirurgie vasculară

Slovenija

Otroška kirurgija

Kardiovaskularna kirurgija

Slovensko

Detská chirurgia

Cievna chirurgia

Suomi/Finland

Lastenkirurgia/Barnkirurgi

Verisuonikirurgia/Kärlkirurgi

Sverige

Barn- och ungdomskirurgi

Barn- och ungdomskirurgi

United Kingdom

Paediatric surgery (4)

Vascular surgery (5)

.

(1) Date of repeal within the meaning of Article 27(3): 1.1.1983.

.

(2) As of 2017/2018.

.

(3) As of June 2017.

.

(4) Issued before 1.1.2021.

.

(5) Issued before 1.1.2021.

Cardiology

Gastroenterology

Minimum period of training

Minimum period of

4 years

training

4 years

Country

Title

Title

Belgique/België/Belgien

Cardiologie

Gastro-entérologie/

Gastro-enterologie

България

Кардиология

Гастроентерология

Česko

Kardiologie

Gastroenterologie

Danmark

Intern medicin: kardiologi

Intern medicin

gastroenterology og

hepatologi

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Deutschland

— Innere Medizin und

— Innere Medizin und

Schwerpunkt Kardiologie

Schwerpunkt

Gastroenterologie

— Innere Medizin und

Kardiologie (1)

— Innere Medizin und

Gastroenterologie (2)

Eesti

Kardioloogia

Gastroenteroloogia

Ελλάς

Καρδιολογία

Γαστρεντερολογία

España

Cardiología

Aparato digestivo

France

Cardiologie et maladies

Gastro-entérologie et

vasculaires Médecine cardio-

hépatologie (4)

vasculaire (3)

Hépato-gastro-

entérologie (5)

Hrvatska

Kardiologija

Gastroenterologija

Ireland

Cardiology

Gastro-enterology

Italia

Malattie dell’apparato

Gastroenterologia

cardiovascolare

Malattie dell’apparato

digerente (6)

Κύπρος

Καρδιολογία

Γαστρεντερολογία

Latvija

Kardioloģija

Gastroenteroloģija

Lietuva

Kardiologija

Gastroenterologija

Luxembourg

Cardiologie et angiologie

Gastro-enterologie

Magyarország

Kardiológia

Gasztroenterológia

Malta

Kardjoloġija

Gastroenteroloġija

Nederland

Cardiologie

Maag-darm-

leverziekten

Österreich

Innere Medizin und Kardiologie

Innere Medizin und

Gastroenterologie und

Hepatologie

Polska

Kardiologia

Gastrenterologia

Portugal

Cardiologia

Gastrenterologia

România

Cardiologie

Gastroenterologie

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Slovenija

Kardiologija in vaskularna

Gastroenterologija

medicina

Slovensko

Kardiológia

Gastroenterológia

Suomi/Finland

Kardiologia/Kardiologi

Gastroenterologia/

Gastroenterologi

Sverige

Kardiologi

Medicinsk

gastroenterologi och

hepatologi

United Kingdom

Cardiology (7)

Gastroenterology (8)

.

(1) As of October 2009.

.

(2) As of October 2009.

.

(3) As of 2017/2018.

.

(4) Until 20.4.2017.

.

(5) As of 21.4.2017.

.

(6) As of June 2015.

.

(7) Issued before 1.1.2021.

.

(8) Issued before 1.1.2021.

Rheumatology

General Haematology

Minimum period of training

Minimum period of

4 years

training: 3 years

Country

Title

Title

Belgique/België/

Rhumathologie/reumatologie

Belgien

България

Ревматология

Клинична хематология

Česko

Revmatologie

Hematologie a transfúzní

lékařství

Danmark

Intern medicin: reumatologi

Intern medicin: hæmatologi

Deutschland

— Innere Medizin und

— Innere Medizin und

Schwerpunkt Rheumatologie

Schwerpunkt Hämatologie und

Onkologie

— Innere Medizin und

— Innere Medizin und

Rheumatologie (1)

Hämatologie und Onkologie (2)

Eesti

Reumatoloogia

Hematoloogia

Ελλάς

Ρευματολογία

Αιματολογία

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

España

Reumatología

Hematología y hemoterapia

France

Rhumatologie

Hématologie (3)

Hrvatska

Reumatologija

Hematologija

Ireland

Rheumatology

Haematology (clinical and

laboratory)

Italia

Reumatologia

Ematologia

Κύπρος

Ρευματολογία

Αιματολογία

Latvija

Reimatoloģija

Hematoloģija

Lietuva

Reumatologija

Hematologija

Luxembourg

Rhumatologie

Hématologie

Magyarország

Reumatológia

Hematológia

Malta

Rewmatoloġija

Ematoloġija

Nederland

Reumatologie

Österreich

Innere Medizin und

Innere Medizin und

Rheumatologie

Hämatologie und internistische

Onkologie

Polska

Reumatologia

Hematologia

Portugal

Reumatologia

Imuno-hemoterapia

România

Reumatologie

Hematologie

Slovenija

Revmatologija

Hematologija

Slovensko

Reumatológia

Hematológia a transfúziológia

Suomi/Finland

Reumatologia/Reumatologi

Kliininen hematologia/Klinisk

hematologi

Sverige

Reumatologi

Hematologi

United Kingdom

Rheumatology (4)

Haematology (5)

.

(1) As of October 2009.

.

(2) As of October 2009.

.

(3) As of 2017.

.

(4) Issued before 1.1.2021.

.

(5) Issued before 1.1.2021.

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Endocrinology

Physiotherapy

Minimum period of

Minimum period of training

training: 3 years

3 years

Country

Title

Title

Belgique/België/

Médecine physique et

Belgien

réadaptation/ Fysische

geneeskunde en revalidatie

България

Ендокринология и болести на

Физикална и рехабилитационна

обмянатаe

медицина

Česko

Diabelotologie a endokrinologie

Rehabilitační a fyzikální

medicína

Danmark

Intern medicin: endokrinologi

Deutschland

— Innere Medizin und

Physikalische und Rehabilitative

Schwerpunkt Endokrinologie

Medizin

und Diabetologie

— Innere Medizin und

Endokrinologie und

Diabetologie (1).

Eesti

Endokrinoloogia

Taastusravi ja füsiaatria

Ελλάς

Ενδοκρινολογία

Φυσική Ιατρική και

Αποκατάσταση

España

Endocrinología y nutrición

Medicina física y rehabilitación

France

Endocrinologie – diabète –

Médecine physique et de

maladies métaboliques

réadaptation

Endocrinologie-diabétologie-

nutrition (2)

Hrvatska

Endokrinologija i dijabetologija

Fizikalna medicina i rehabilitacija

Ireland

Endocrinology and diabetes

mellitus

Italia

Endocrinologia e malattie del

Medicina fisica e riabilitazione

ricambio

Medicina fisica e riabilitativa (4)

Endocrinologia e malattie del

metabolismo (3)

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Κύπρος

Ενδοκρινολογία

Φυσική Ιατρική και

Αποκατάσταση

Latvija

Endokrinoloģija

Rehabilitoloģija Fiziskā

rehabilitācija Fizikālā medicīna

Lietuva

Endokrinologija

Fizinė medicina ir reabilitacija

Luxembourg

Endocrinologie, maladies du

Rééducation et réadaptation

métabolisme et de la nutrition

fonctionnelles

Magyarország

— Endokrinológia

— Fizikális medicina és

rehabilitációs orvoslás

— Endokrinológia és

anyagcsere- betegségek (5)

— Rehabilitációs medicina (6)

Malta

Endokrinoloġija u Dijabete

Mediċina ta’ Rijabilitazzjoni (7)

Nederland

Revalidatiegeneeskunde

Österreich

Innere Medizin und

Physikalische Medizin und

Endokrinologie und

Allgemeine Rehabilitation

Diabetologie

Polska

Endokrynologia

Rehabilitacja medyczna

Portugal

Endocrinologia/Nutrição

Medicina física e de reabilitação

România

Endocrinologie

Reabilitare Medicală

Medicină Fizică și de Reabilitare

(8)

Slovenija

Fizikalna in rehabilitacijska

medicina

Slovensko

Endokrinológia

Fyziatria, balneológia a liečebná

rehabilitácia

Suomi/Finland

Endokrinologia/Endokrinologi

Fysiatria/Fysiatri

Sverige

Endokrina sjukdomar

Rehabiliteringsmedicin

Endokrinologi och diabetologi

(9)

United Kingdom

Endocrinology and diabetes

mellitus (10)

.

(1) As of October 2009.

.

(2) As of 2017-2018.

.

(3) As of February 2015.

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

.

(4) As of February 2015.

.

(5) As of 2012.

.

(6) As of 2016.

.

(7) As of 2011.

.

(8) As of 2017.

.

(9) As of September 2008.

.

(10) Issued before 1.1.2021.

Neuropsychiatry

Dermato-venereology

Minimum period of

Minimum period of training

training: 5 years

3 years

Country

Title

Title

Belgique/België/

Dermato-vénéréologie/Dermato-

Neuropsychiatrie (1)

Belgien

venereologie

България

Кожни и венерически болести

Česko

Dermatovenerologie

Danmark

Dermato-venerologi

Deutschland

Nervenheilkunde

Haut– und Geschlechtskrankheiten

(Neurologie und

Psychiatrie)

Eesti

Dermatoveneroloogia

Ελλάς

Νευρολογία – Ψυχιατρική

Δερματολογία – Αφροδισιολογία

España

Dermatología médico-quirúrgica y

venereología

France

Dermatologie et vénéréologie

Neuropsychiatrie (2)

Hrvatska

Dermatologija i venerologija

Ireland

Italia

Neuropsichiatria (3)

Dermatologia e venereologia

Κύπρος

Νευρολογία – Ψυχιατρική

Δερματολογία – Αφροδισιολογία

Latvija

Dermatoloģija un veneroloģija

Lietuva

Dermatovenerologija

Luxembourg

Neuropsychiatrie (4)

Dermato-vénéréologie

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Magyarország

Bőrgyógyászat

Malta

Dermato-venerejoloġija

Nederland

Zenuw – en zielsziekten (5)

Dermatologie en venerologie

Österreich

Neurologie und Psychiatrie

Haut- und Geschlechtskrankheiten

(6)

Polska

Dermatologia i wenerologia

Portugal

Dermatovenereologia

România

Dermatovenerologie

Slovenija

Dermatovenerologija

Slovensko

Neuropsychiatria

Dermatovenerológia

Suomi/Finland

Ihotaudit ja allergologia/Hudsjukdomar

och allergologi

Sverige

Hud- och könssjukdomar

United Kingdom

(1) Date of repeal within the meaning of Article 27(3): 1.8.1987 except for persons hav-

ing commenced training prior to that date.

(2) Date of repeal within the meaning of Article 27(3): 31.12.1971.

(3) Date of repeal within the meaning of Article 27(3): 31.10.1999.

(4) Evidence of qualifications is no longer awarded for training commenced after

5.3.1982.

(5) Date of repeal within the meaning of Article 27(3): 9.7.1984.

(6) Date of repeal within the meaning of Article 27(3): 31.3.2004.

Radiology

Child psychiatry

Minimum

Minimum period of training

period of

4 years

training

4 years

Country

Title

Title

Belgique/België/

Psychiatrie, particulièrement en psychiatrie

Belgien

infanto-juvénile/Psychiatrie, meer bepaald in

de kinder- en jeugdpsychiatrie

България

Радиобиология

Детска психиатрия

Česko

Dětská a dorostová psychiatrie

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Danmark

Børne- og ungdomspsykiatri

Deutschland

Radiologie

Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und -

psychotherapie

Eesti

Ελλάς

Ακτινολογία –

Παιδοψυχιατρική

Ραδιολογία

España

Psiquiatría Infantil y de la Adolescencia (2)

Electroradiología (1)

France

Electro-radiologie

Pédopsychiatrie (4)

(3)

Hrvatska

Klinička radiologija

Dječja i adolescentna psihijatrija

Ireland

Child and adolescent psychiatry

Italia

Radiologia (5)

Neuropsichiatria infantile

Κύπρος

Παιδοψυχιατρική

Latvija

Bērnu psihiatrija

Lietuva

Vaikų ir paauglių psichiatrija

Luxembourg

Électroradiologie (6)

Psychiatrie infantile

Magyarország

Radiológia

Gyermek- és ifjúsági pszichiátria

Malta

Nederland

Radiologie (7)

Österreich

Radiologie (8)

— Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie

— Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und

Psychotherapeutische Medizin (9)

Polska

Psychiatria dzieci i młodzieży

Portugal

Radiologia

Psiquiatria da infância e da adolescência

România

Psihiatrie pediatrică

Slovenija

Radiologija

Otroška in mladostniška psihiatrija

Slovensko

Detská psychiatria

Suomi/Finland

Lastenpsykiatria/Barnpsykiatri

Sverige

Barn- och ungdomspsykiatri

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

United Kingdom

Child and adolescent psychiatry (10)

.

(1) Date of repeal within the meaning of Article 27(3): 1.2.1984.

.

(2) As of 2022-2023.

.

(3) Date of repeal within the meaning of Article 27(3): 3.12.1971.

.

(4) Date of repeal within the meaning of Article 27(3): 1.1.1991.

.

(5) Date of repeal within the meaning of Article 27(3): 31.10.1993.

.

(6) Evidence of qualifications is no longer awarded for training commenced after

5.3.1982.

.

(7) Date of repeal within the meaning of Article 27(3): 8.7.1984.

.

(8) Date of repeal within the meaning of Article 27(3): 31.3.2004.

.

(9) As of June 2015.

.

(10) Issued before 1.1.2021.

Geriatrics

Renal diseases

Minimum period of

Minimum period of training: 4

training: 4 years

years

Country

Title

Title

Belgique/België/

Gériatrie/Geriatrie (1)

Belgien

България

Гериатрична медицина

Нефрология

Česko

Geriatrie

Nefrologie

Danmark

Intern medicin: geriatric

Intern medicin: nefrologi

Deutschland

— Innere Medizin und Schwerpunkt

Nephrologie

— Innere Medizin und Nephrologie

(2)

Eesti

Nefroloogia

Ελλάς

Νεφρολογία

España

Geriatría

Nefrología

France

Gériatrie (3)

Néphrologie

Hrvatska

Gerijatrija

Nefrologija

Ireland

Geriatric medicine

Nephrology

Italia

Geriatria

Nefrologia

Κύπρος

Γηριατρική

Νεφρολογία

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Latvija

Geriatrs (4)

Nefroloģija

Lietuva

Geriatrija

Nefrologija

Luxembourg

Gériatrie

Néphrologie

Magyarország

Geriátria

Nefrológia

Malta

Ġerjatrija

Nefroloġija

Nederland

Klinische geriatrie

Österreich

Innere Medizin und Nephrologie

Polska

Geriatria

Nefrologia

Portugal

Nefrologia

România

Geriatrie şi gerontologie

Nefrologie

Slovenija

Nefrologija

Slovensko

Geriatria

Nefrológia

Suomi/Finland

Geriatria/Geriatri

Nefrologia/Nefrologi

Sverige

Geriatrik

Medicinska njursjukdomar

(nefrologi) Njurmedicin (5)

United Kingdom

Renal medicine (7)

Geriatric medicine (6)

.

(1) As of 2005.

.

(2) As of October 2009.

.

(3) As of 2017.

.

(4) As of 2010/2011.

.

(5) As of May 2015.

.

(6) Issued before 1.1.2021.

.

(7) Issued before 1.1.2021.

Communicable diseases

Community medicine

Minimum period of training

Minimum period of

4 years

training: 4 years

Country

Title

Title

Belgique/België/

Infectiologie clinique/klinische

Belgien

infectiologie (1)

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

България

Инфекциозни болести

Социална медицина и

здравен мениджмънт

комунална хигиена

Česko

Infekční lékařství

Hygiena a epidemiologie

Danmark

Intern medicin: infektionsmedicin

Samfundsmedicin

Deutschland

Öffentliches

Gesundheitswesen

Eesti

Infektsioonhaigused

Ελλάς

Κοινωνική Іατρική

España

Medicina preventiva y

salud pública

France

Maladies infectieuses et tropicales

Santé publique et médecine

(2)

sociale Santé publique (3)

Hrvatska

Infektologija

Javnozdravstvena medicina

Ireland

Infectious diseases

Public health medicine

Italia

Malattie infettive

Igiene e medicina

preventiva

Malattie infettive e tropicali (4)

Κύπρος

Λοιμώδη Νοσήματα (5)

— Υγειονολογία

— Κοινοτική Ιατρική

Latvija

Infektoloģija

Lietuva

Infektologija

Infekcinės ligos

Luxembourg

Maladies contagieuses

Santé publique

Magyarország

Infektológia

Megelőző orvostan és

népegészségtan

Malta

Mard Infettiv

Saħħa Pubblika

Nederland

Maatschappij en

gezondheid

Österreich

Innere Medizin und Infektiologie

— Sozialmedizin

— Public Health (6)

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Polska

Choroby zakaźne

Zdrowie publiczne,

epidemiologia

Portugal

Doenças infecciosas

Saúde pública

România

Boli infecţioase

Sănătate publică şi

management

Slovenija

Infektologija

Javno zdravje

Slovensko

Infektológia

Verejné zdravotníctvo

Suomi/Finland

Infektiosairaudet/

Terveydenhuolto/

Infektionssjukdomar

Hälsovård

Sverige

Infektionssjukdomar

Socialmedicin

United Kingdom

Infectious diseases (7)

Public health medicine (8)

.

(1) As of 2020/2021.

.

(2) As of 2017.

.

(3) As of 2017.2018.

.

(4) As of February 2015.

.

(5) Date of repeal within the meaning of Article 27(3): 8.12.2016.

.

(6) As of June 2015.

.

(7) Issued before 1.1.2021.

.

(8) Issued before 1.1.2021.

Pharmacology

Occupational Medicine

Minimum period of

Minimum period of training

training: 4 years

4 years

Country

Title

Title

Belgique/België/

Médecine du travail/

Belgien

Arbeidsgeneeskunde

България

Клинична фармакология и

Клинична фармакология и терапия

терапия Фармакология

Фармакология

Česko

Klinická farmakologie

Pracovní lékařství

Danmark

Klinisk farmakologi

Arbejdsmedicin

Deutschland

Pharmakologie und

Arbeitsmedizin

Toxikologie

Eesti

Ελλάς

Ιατρική της Εργασίας

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

España

Farmacología clínica

Medicina del trabajo (1)

France

Médecine du travail (2)

Médecine et santé au travail (3)

Hrvatska

Klinička farmakologija s

Medicina rada i športa

toksikologijom

Ireland

Clinical pharmacology and

Occupational medicine

therapeutics

Pharmaceutical Medicine

(4)

Italia

Farmacologia

Medicina del lavoro

Farmacologia e tossicologia

clinica (5)

Κύπρος

Ιατρική της Εργασίας

Latvija

Arodslimības

Lietuva

Darbo medicina

Klinikinė farmakologija (6)

Luxembourg

Médecine du travail

Magyarország

Klinikai farmakológia

Foglalkozás-orvostan (üzemorvostan)

Malta

Farmakoloġija Klinika u t-

Mediċina Okkupazzjonali

Terapewtika

Nederland

— Arbeid en gezondheid,

bedrijfsgeneeskunde

— Arbeid en gezondheid,

verzekeringsgeneeskunde

Österreich

Pharmakologie und

— Arbeitsmedizin

Toxikologie

— Arbeitsmedizin und angewandte

Physiologie (7)

Polska

Farmakologia kliniczna

Medycyna pracy

Portugal

Medicina do trabalho

România

Farmacologie clinică

Medicina muncii

Slovenija

Medicina dela, prometa in športa

Slovensko

Klinická farmakológia

Pracovné lekárstvo

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Suomi/Finland

Kliininen farmakologia ja

Työterveyshuolto/Företagshälsovård

lääkehoito/Klinisk

farmakologi och

läkemedelsbehandling

Sverige

Klinisk farmakologi

Yrkes- och miljömedicin

Arbets- och miljömedicin (8)

United Kingdom

Clinical pharmacology and

Occupational medicine (10)

therapeutics (9)

.

(1) As of May 2009.

.

(2) Until 20.4.2017.

.

(3) As of 21.4.2017.

.

(4) As of July 2017.

.

(5) As of February 2015.

.

(6) As of 2016-2017.

.

(7) As of June 2015.

.

(8) As of September 2008.

.

(9) Issued before 1.1.2021.

.

(10) Issued before 1.1.2021.

Allergology

Nuclear Medicine

Minimum period of

Minimum period of training

training

4 years

3 years

Pajjiż

Titolu

Titolu

Belgique/België/

Médecine nucléaire/Nucleaire

Belgien

geneeskunde

България

Клинична алергология

Нуклеарна медицина

Česko

Alergologie a klinická

Nukleární medicína

imunologie

Danmark

Klinisk fysiologi og nuklearmedicin

Deutschland

Nuklearmedizin

Eesti

Ελλάς

Αλλεργιολογία

Πυρηνική Ιατρική

España

Alergología

Medicina nuclear

France

Médecine nucléaire

Allergologie (1)

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Hrvatska

Alergologija i klinička

Nuklearna medicina

imunologija

Ireland

Italia

Allergologia ed

Medicina nucleare

immunologia clinica

Κύπρος

Αλλεργιολογία

Πυρηνική Ιατρική

Latvija

Alergoloģija

Lietuva

Alergologija ir klinikinė

imunologija

Luxembourg

Médecine nucléaire

Magyarország

Allergológia és klinikai

Nukleáris medicina

immunológia

Malta

Mediċina Nukleari

Nederland

Nucleaire geneeskunde

Allergologie (2)

Österreich

Nuklearmedizin

Polska

Alergologia

Medycyna nuklearna

Portugal

Imuno-alergologia

Medicina nuclear

România

Alergologie şi

Medicină nucleară

imunologie clinică

Slovenija

Alergologije in klinične

Nuklearna medicina

imunologije (odrasli)

(3)

Slovensko

Klinická imunológia a

Nukleárna medicína

alergológia

Suomi/Finland

Kliininen fysiologia ja isotooppilääketiede/

Klinisk fysiologi och nukleärmedicin

Sverige

Allergisjukdomar

Nukleärmedicin

Nuklearmedicin (4)

United Kingdom

Nuclear medicine (5)

.

(1) As of 2017.

.

(2) Date of repeal within the meaning of Article 27(3): 12.8.1996.

.

(3) As of 2018.

.

(4) As of September 2008.

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

.

(5) As of 2018.

Maxillo-facial surgery (basic

Biological

medical training)

haematology

Minimum period of training: 5

Minimum period of

years

training: 4 years

Country

Title

Title

Belgique/België/

Belgien

България

Лицево-челюстна хирургия

Трансфузионна

хематология

Česko

Maxilofaciální chirurgie

Danmark

Deutschland

Eesti

Ελλάς

España

Cirugía oral y maxilofacial

France

Chirurgie maxillo-faciale et

stomatologie Chirurgie maxillo-faciale

Hématologie

(1)

Hrvatska

Maksilofacijalna kirurgija

Ireland

Italia

Chirurgia maxillo-facciale

Κύπρος

Latvija

Lietuva

Veido ir žandikaulių chirurgija

Luxembourg

Chirurgie maxillo-faciale

Hématologie biologique

Magyarország

Szájsebészet (2)

Malta

Nederland

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Österreich

Mund- Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie

(3)

Polska

Chirurgia szczekowo-twarzowa

Portugal

Cirurgia maxilo-facial

Hematologia clinica

România

Slovenija

Maxilofacialna kirurgija

Slovensko

Maxilofaciálna chirurgia

Suomi/Finland

Sverige

United Kingdom

.

(1) As of 2017-2018.

.

(2) Date of repeal within the meaning of Article 27(3): 30.9.2007.

.

(3) Date of repeal within the meaning of Article 27(3): 28.2.2013.

Stomatology

Dermatology

Period of training

Period of training

3 years

4 years

Country

Title

Title

Belgique/België/Belgien

България

Česko

Danmark

Deutschland

Eesti

Ελλάς

España

Estomatología (1)

France

Stomatologie

Hrvatska

Ireland

Dermatology

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Italia

Odontostomatologia (2)

Κύπρος

Latvija

Lietuva

Luxembourg

Stomatologie

Magyarország

Malta

Dermatoloġija

Nederland

Österreich

Polska

Portugal

Estomatologia

România

Slovenija

Slovensko

Suomi/Finland

Sverige

United Kingdom

Dermatology (3)

.

(1) Until 21.2.2008.

.

(2) Date of repeal within the meaning of Article 27(3): 31.12.1994.

.

(3) Issued before 1.1.2021.

Venerology

Tropical Medicine

Period of

Period of training: 4 years

training

4 years

Country

Title

Title

Belgique/België/

Belgien

България

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Česko

Danmark

Deutschland

Eesti

Ελλάς

España

France

Hrvatska

Ireland

Genito-urinary

Tropical medicine

medicine

Italia

Medicina tropicale (1)

Κύπρος

Latvija

Lietuva

Luxembourg

Magyarország

Trópusi betegségek

Malta

Mediċina Uro-

ġenetali

Nederland

Österreich

— Spezifische Prophylaxe und

Tropenmedizin

— Klinische Immunologie und Spezifische

Prophylaxe und Tropenmedizin (2)

Polska

Medycyna transportu

Portugal

Medicina tropical

România

Slovenija

Slovensko

Tropická medicína

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Suomi/Finland

Sverige

United Kingdom

Genito-urinary

Tropical medicine (4)

medicine (3)

.

(1) As of 3.6.2020.

.

(2) As of June 2015.

.

(3) Issued before 1.1.2021.

.

(4) Issued before 1.1.2021.

Gastroenterological

Accident and emergency

surgery

medicine

Minimum period of

Minimum period of training: 5

training: 5 years

years

Country

Title

Title

Belgique/België/

Chirurgie abdominale/

Belgien

Heelkunde op het abdomen

(1)

България

Гастроентерологичнa

Спешна медицина

хирургия (2)

Česko

— Traumatologie

— Urgentní medicína

Danmark

Akutmedicin (3)

Deutschland

Visceralchirurgie

Eesti

Erakorralise meditsiini eriarst (4)

Ελλάς

España

France

Chirurgie viscérale et

digestive

Hrvatska

Abdominalna kirurgija

Hitna medicina

Ireland

Emergency medicine

Italia

Chirurgia dell’apparato

Medicina d’emergenza-urgenza (6)

digerente (5)

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Κύπρος

Latvija

Neatliekamās medicīnas ārsts (7)

Lietuva

Abdominalinė chirurgija

Skubioji medicina (8)

Luxembourg

Chirurgie gastro-

entérologique

Magyarország

Oxyológia és sürgősségi orvostan

Malta

Mediċina tal-Aċċidenti u l-

Emerġenza Mediċina tal-Emerġenza

(9)

Nederland

Österreich

Polska

Medycyna ratunkowa

Portugal

România

Medicină de urgenţă

Slovenija

Abdominalna kirurgija

Urgentna medicina

Slovensko

Gastroenterologická

— Úrazová chirurgia

chirurgia

— Urgentná medicína

Suomi/Finland

Gastroenterologinen

Akuuttilääketiede/Akutmedicin

kirurgia/ Gastroenterologisk

kirurgi

Sverige

Akutsjukvård

United Kingdom

Emergency medicine (10)

.

(1) Date of repeal within the meaning of Article 27(3): 1.1.1983.

.

(2) Until 14.9.2010.

.

(3) As of February 2018.

.

(4) As of September 2016.

.

(5) Date of repeal within the meaning of Article 27(3): 3.6.2015.

.

(6) As of 17.2.2006.

.

(7) As of 2009/2010.

.

(8) As of 2013/2014.

.

(9) As of 11.9.2015.

.

(10) Issued before 1.1.2021.

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Clinical

Dental, oral and maxiloo-facial

neurophysiology

surgery (basic medical and dental

training) (1)

Minimum period of

Minimum period of training

training: 4 years

4 years

Country

Title

Title

Belgique/België/

Stomatologie et chirurgie orale et

Belgien

maxillo- faciale/Stomatologie en

mond-, kaak- en aangezichtschirurgie

България

Дентална, орална и лицево-

челюстна хирургияc

Česko

Danmark

Deutschland

— Mund-, Kiefer- und

Gesichtschirurgie

— Mund-Kiefer-Gesichtschirurgie (2)

Eesti

Ελλάς

Στοματική και Γναθοπροσωπική

Χειρουργική (3)

España

Neurofisiologia clínica

France

Hrvatska

Ireland

Clinical neurophysiology

Oral and maxillo-facial surgery

Italia

Κύπρος

Στοματο-Γναθο-Προσωποχειρουργική

Latvija

Neirofiziologs (4)

Mutes, sejas un žokļu ķirurgs (5)

Lietuva

Luxembourg

Chirurgie dentaire, orale et maxillo-

faciale

Magyarország

Arc-állcsont-szájsebészet

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Malta

Newrofiżjoloġija Klinika

Kirurġija tal-għadam tal-wiċċ

Nederland

Österreich

Mund-, Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie

Polska

Portugal

România

Chirurgie Orală şi Maxilo-facială (6)

Slovenija

Slovensko

Suomi/Finland

Kliininen neurofysiologia/

Suu- ja leukakirurgia/Oral och

Klinisk neurofysiologi

maxillofacial kirurgi

Sverige

Klinisk neurofysiologi

United Kingdom

Clinical neurophysiology

Oral and maxillo-facial surgery (8)

(7)

(1) Training leading to the award of evidence of formal qualifications as a specialist in

dental, oral and maxillo-facial surgery (basic medical and dental training) assumes com-

pletion and validation of basic medical studies (Article 24) and, in addition, completion

and validation of basic dental studies (Article 34).

(2) As of 2006.

(3) As of 10.7.2014.

(4) As of 2020/2021.

(5) As of 2016/2017.

(6) As of 2009.

(7) Issued before 1.1.2021.

(8) Issued before 1.1.2021.

Medical oncology

Medical genetics

Minimum period of

Minimum period of training

training: 5 years

4 years

Country

Title

Title

Belgique/België/

Oncologie médicale/

Klinische genetica/génétique

Belgien

Medische oncologie

clinique (1)

България

Медицинска онкология

Медицинска генетика

Česko

Klinická onkologie

Lékařská genetika

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Danmark

Klinisk genetik

Deutschland

Humangenetik

Eesti

Meditsiinigeneetika

Ελλάς

Παθολογική Ογκολογία

España

Oncología Médica

France

— Oncologie

Génétique médicale

— Oncologie option

oncologie medicale (2)

Hrvatska

Medicinska genetika (3)

Ireland

Medical oncology

Clinical genetics

Italia

Oncologia medica

Genetica medica

Κύπρος

Ακτινοθεραπευτική

Ογκολογία

Latvija

Onkoloģija ķīmijterapija

Medicīnas ģenētika

Lietuva

Chemoterapinė

Genetika

onkologija

Luxembourg

Oncologie médicale

Médecine génétique

Magyarország

Klinikai onkológia

Klinikai genetika

Malta

Ġenetika Klinika/Medika

Nederland

Klinische genetica

Österreich

Medizinische Genetik

Polska

Onkologia kliniczna

Genetyka kliniczna

Portugal

Oncologia médica

Genética médica

România

Oncologie medicală

Genetică medicală

Slovenija

Internistična onkologija

Klinična genetika

Slovensko

Klinická onkológia

Lekárska genetica

Suomi/Finland

Perinnöllisyyslääketiede/Medicinsk

genetik

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Sverige

Onkologi

Klinisk genetik

United Kingdom

Medical oncology (4)

Clinical genetics (5)

.

(1) As of 2017.

.

(2) As of 2017/2018.

.

(3) As of 2022/2023.

.

(4) Issued before 1.1.2021.

.

(5) Issued before 1.1.2021.

Sports Medicine

Cardiac Surgery

Minimum period of training

Minimum period of

4 years

training: 5 years

Title

Country

Title

Belgique/België/

Belgien

лекар – специалист по Спортна

България

лекар – специалист по

медицина

Кардиохирургия

Česko

Kardiochirurg

Danmark

Deutschland

Herzchirurgie

Spordimeditsiini eriarst (2)

Eesti

Kardiokirurg (1)

Ελλάς

España

Cirugía Cardiovascular

France

Medicina rada i športa

Hrvatska

Kardiotorakalne kirurgije

Ireland

Medicina dello sport e dell’esercizio

Italia

Cardiochirurgia (3)

fisico (4)

Κύπρος

Sporta ārsts

Latvija

Sirds ķirurgs

Sporto medicina (5)

Lietuva

Širdies chirurgija

Luxembourg

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Magyarország

Szívsebész szakorvos

Mediċina tal-Isport u l-Eżerċizzju (6)

Malta

Nederland

Österreich

Herzchirurgie (7)

Medycyna sportowa

Polska

Kardiochirurgia

Especialista em Medicina Desportiva

Portugal

(8)

Medicina Sportiva

România

Chirurgie Cardiovasculara

Slovenija

Slovensko

Kardiochirurgia

Liikuntalääketiede/idrottsmedicin

Suomi/Finland

Sverige

United Kingdom

.

(1) As of 2014/2015.

.

(2) As of 1.9.2016.

.

(3) As of 2015/2016.

.

(4) As of 13.7.2017.

.

(5) As of 1.1.2023.

.

(6) As of 31.5.2011.

.

(7) As of 2007/2008.

.

(8) As of 2009.";

5.1.4. Evidence of formal qualifications of general practitioners

Country

Evidence of formal

Professional title

Reference

qualifications

date

België/Belgique/

Bijzondere beroepstitel

Huisarts/Médecin

31.12.1994

Belgien

van huisarts/Titre

généraliste

professionnel

particulier de médecin

généraliste

България

Свидетелство за

Лекар-специалист

1.1.2007

призната специалност

по Обща медицина

по Обща медицина

Česko

Diplom o specializaci

Všeobecný praktický

1.5.2004

všeobecné praktické

lékař

lékařství

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Danmark

Bevis for tilladelse til at

Alment praktiserende

31.12.1994

betegne sig som

læge/Speciallæge i

speciallæge i almen

almen medicin

medicin

Deutschland

Zeugnis über die

Facharzt/Fachärztin

31.12.1994

spezifische Ausbildung

für Allgemeinmedizin

in der

Allgemeinmedizin

Eesti

Residentuuri lõpetamist

Perearst

1.5.2004

tõendav tunnistus

Diplom peremeditsiini

erialal

Ελλάς

Τίτλος ιατρικής

Іατρός με ειδικότητα

31.12.1994

ειδικότητας γενικής

γενικής ιατρικής

ιατρικής

España

Título de especialista en

Especialista en

31.12.1994

medicina familiar y

medicina familiar y

comunitaria

comunitaria

France

Diplômes d’études

Médecin qualifié en

31.12.1994

spécialisées de

médecine générale

médecine générale

accompagnés du

diplôme d’Etat de

docteur en médecine

Hrvatska

Diploma o

specijalist obiteljske

1.7.2013

specijalističkom

medicine

usavršavanju

Ireland

Certificate of specific

General medical

31.12.1994

qualifications in general

practitioner General

medical practice

practitioner (2)

Certificate of specific

qualifications in general

practice (1)

Italia

— Attestato di

Medico di medicina

31.12.1994

formazione specifica in

generale

medicina generale

— Diploma di

formazione specifica in

medicina generale

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Κύπρος

Τίτλος Ειδικότητας

Ιατρός Γενικής

1.5.2004

Γενικής Ιατρικής

Ιατρικής

Latvija

1. Ģimenes ārsta

Ģimenes (vispārējās

1.5.2004

sertifikāts (3)

prakses) ārsts

2. Ārstniecības

personas sertifikāts

ģimenes (vispārējās

prakses) ārsta

specialitātē

Lietuva

1. Šeimos gydytojo

Šeimos medicinos

1.5.2004

rezidentūros

gydytojas Šeimos

pažymėjimas

gydytojas

2. Rezidentūros

pažymėjimas (šeimos

gydytojo profesinė

kvalifikacija)

Luxembourg

1. Diplôme de

Médecin généraliste

31.12.1994

formation spécifique en

15.9.2021

Docteur en médecine,

medicine générale

médecin-généraliste

2. Diplôme d’études

spécialisées en

médecine – médecine

génerale

Magyarország

Háziorvostan

Háziorvostan

1.5.2004

szakorvosa

szakorvosa

bizonyítvány

Malta

Ċertifikat ta’

Tabib Speċjalista fil-

1.5.2004

Speċjalista Mediku fil-

Mediċina tal- Familja

Mediċina tal-Familja

Nederland

Certificaat van

Huisarts

31.12.1994

inschrijving in een spe-

cialistenregister van

huisartsen Diploma

geneeskundig specialist

Österreich

Diplom über die

Arzt für

31.12.1994

besondere Ausbildung

Allgemeinmedizin

in der

Allgemeinmedizin

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Polska

Dyplom uzyskania

Specjalista w

1.5.2004

tytułu specjalisty w

dziedzinie medycyny

dziedzinie medycyny

rodzinnej

rodzinnej

Portugal

Título de especialista

Especialista em

31.12.1994

em medicina geral e

medicina geral e

familiar

familiar

România

Certificat de medic

Medic specialist

1.1.2007

specialist medicină de

medicină de familie

familie

Slovenija

Potrdilo o opravljenem

Specialist družinske

1.5.2004

specialističnem izpitu iz

medicine/

družinske medicine

Specialistka

družinske medicine

Slovensko

Diplom o špecializácii

Všeobecný lekár

1.5.2004

v odbore “všeobecné

lekárstvo”

Suomi/Finland

Todistus

Yleislääketieteen

1.1.1994

yleislääketieteen

erityiskoulutuksen

erityiskoulutuksesta/

suorittanut laillistettu

Bevis om särskild

lääkäri/ Legitimerad

allmänläkarutbildning

läkare som har

fullgjort särskild

allmänläkarutbildning

Sverige

Bevis om

Specialist i

31.12.1994

specialistkompetens i

allmänmedicin

allmänmedicin

United Kingdom

Certificate of

General practitioner

31.12.1994

completion of training

(4)

.

(1) As of 2020/2021.

.

(2) As of 2020/2021.

.

(3) Until 31.12.2012.

.

(4) Issued before 1.1.2021.";

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

5.3.2. Evidence of basic formal qualifications of dental practioners

Country

Evidence of

Body awarding the

Certificate

Professional

Reference Date

formal

evidence of

accompanyin

Title

qualifications

qualifications

g the

evidence of

qualifications

Diploma van tan-

— De

Licentiaat in

28.1.1980

België/

darts/Diplôme

universiteiten/Les

de tandheelk-

Belgique/

licencié en science

universités

unde/

Belgien

dentaire

Licencié en

— De bevoegde

science

Examen-

dentaire

commissie van de

Vlaamse Ge-

meenschap/Le Jury

compétent

d’enseignement de

la Commu- nauté

française

България

Диплома за

Университет

Лекар по

1.1.2007

висше

ден- тална

образование на

медицина

образователно-

квалификационн

а степен

«Магистър» по

«Дентална

медицина» с

професионална

квалификация

«Магистър-лекар

по дентална

медицина»

Česko

Diplom o

Lékařská fakulta

Zubní lékař

1.5.2004

ukončení studia ve

univerzity v České

studijním

republice

programu zubní

lékařství (doktor

zubního lékařství,

MDDr.)

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Danmark

Bevis for

Universitet

1. Tandlæge

28.1.1980

kandidatuddannel

Autorisation

sen i odontologi

som tandlæge

(cand.odont.)

2. Tilladelse

til

selvstændigt

virke som

tandlæge

Deutschland

Zeugnis über die

Zuständige

Zahnarzt

28.1.1980

Zahnärztliche

Behörden

Prüfung

Eesti

Hambaarstikraad

Tartu Ülikool

Hambaarst

1.5.2004

Degree in

Dentistry (DD)

Diplom

hambaarstiteaduse

õppekava läbimise

kohta

Ελλάς

Πτυχίο

Πανεπιστήμιο

Οδοντίατρος

1.1.1981

Οδοντιατρικής

ή χειρούργος

οδοντίατρος

España

Título de

El rector de una

Licenciado

1.1.1986

Licenciado en

universidad

en

Odontología

Odontología

1.1.1986

El rector de una

Título de

Universidad

Graduado/a

Graduado/a en

en

Odontología

Odontología

France

Diplôme d’Etat de

Universités

Chirurgien-

28.1.1980

docteur en

dentiste

chirurgie dentaire

Hrvatska

Diploma “doktor

Fakulteti sveučilišta

doktor

1.7.2013

dentalne

u Republici

dentalne

medicine/

Hrvatskoj

medicine/

doktorica dentalne

doktorica

medicine”

dentalne

medicine

Ireland

— Bachelor in

— Universities

— Dentist

28.1.1980

Dental Science

— Dental

(B.Dent.Sc.)

— Royal College of

practitioner

Surgeons in Ireland

— Bachelor of

— Dental

Dental Surgery

surgeon

(BDS)

— Licentiate in

Dental Surgery

(LDS)

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Italia

Diploma di laurea

Università

Diploma di

Odontoiatra

28.1.1980

in Odontoiatria e

abilitazione

Protesi Dentaria

all’esercizio

della

professione di

odontoiatra

Κύπρος

1. Πιστοποιητικό

1. Οδοντιατρικό

Οδοντίατρος

1.5.2004 1.9.2017

Εγγραφής

Συμβούλιο

Οδοντιάτρου

2. Ευρωπαϊκο

2. Πτυχίο

Πανεπιστημιο

Οδοντιατρικής

Κυπρου

Latvija

Zobārsta diploms

— Universitātes

— Sertifikāts

Zobārsts

1.5.2004

tipa augstskola

– kompetentas

— Universitāte

iestādes

izsniegts

dokuments,

kas apliecina,

ka persona ir

nokārtojusi

sertifikācijas

eksāmenu

zobārstniecībā

(1)

—

Ārstniecības

per sonas

sertifikāts

zobārsta

pamat

specialitātē (2)

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Lietuva

1. Aukštojo

Universitetas

1. Internatūros Gydytojas

1.5.2004

mokslo diplomas,

pažymėji odontologas

nurodantis

m,

suteiktą gydytojo

nurodanti

odontologo

s suteiktą

kvalifikaciją

gydytojo

2. Magistro

odontolo

diplomas

go

(odontologijos

profesinę

magistro

kvalifika

kvalifikacinis

ciją

laipsnis ir

gydytojo

2. Internatūros

odontologo

pažymėji

mas

(gydytojo

odontolo

go

profesinė

kvalifika

cija)

Luxem- bourg

Diplôme d’Etat de

Jury d’examen

1. Médecin-

28.1.1980

docteur en

d’Etat

dentiste

médecine dentaire

Magyar-

Okleveles

Egyetem

Fogorvos

1.5.2004

1. ország

fogorvos doktor

oklevél (doctor

medicinae

dentariae, dr. med.

dent)

Malta

Lawrja fil-

Università ta’ Malta

1. Kirurgu Den-

1.5.2004

Kirurġija Dentali

tali

Nederland

1. Universitair

Faculteit

Tandarts

28.1.1980

1. getuigschrift van

Tandheelk- unde

een met goed

gevolg afgelegd

tandartsexamen

2. Master of

Science in de

Tandheelkunde (3)

Österreich

Bescheid über die

— Medizinische

1. Zahnarzt

1.1.1994

Verleihung des

Universität

akademischen

— Medizinische

Grades «Doktor

Fakultät der

der

Universität

Zahnheilkunde»

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Polska

Dyplom

Szkoły wyższe

Świadectwo

Lekarz

1.5.2004

ukończenia

złożenia

dentysta

studiów wyższych

Lekarsko –

na kierunku

Dentystyczne

lekarsko-

go Egzaminu

dentystycznym z

Państwowego

tytułem “lekarz

(4)/

dentysta”

Świadectwo

złożenia

Lekarsko-

Dentystyczne

go Egzaminu

Końcowego

(5)

Zaświadczeni

e o

ukończeniu

stażu

podyplomowe

go (6)

Portugal

— Carta de curso

— Faculdades

Médico

1.1.1986

de licenciatura em

— Institutos

dentista

24.3.2006

medicina dentária

Superiores

— Mestrado

integrado em

medicina dentária

România

Diplomă de

— Universităţi

Medic dentist

1.10.2003

licenţă de medic

— Ministerul

dentist

Doctor-medic

Educației Naționale

Diploma de

stomatolog

(8)

licență și master

(9)

(7)

Slovenija

Diploma, s katero

— Univerza

Potrdilo o

Doktor den-

1.5.2004

se podeljuje

opravljenem

talne medici-

strokovni naslov

strokovnem

ne/Doktorica

“doktor dentalne

izpitu za

dentalne

medicine/

poklic doktor

medi- cine

doktorica dentalne

dentalne

medicine”

medicine/

doktorica

dentalne

medicine

Slo- vensko

DIPLOM zubné

Univerzita

Zubný lekár

1.5.2004

lekárstvo doktor

zubného lekárstva

(“MDDr.”)

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Suomi/

Hammaslääketiete

-

Helsingin

Sosiaali- ja

Hammaslää-

1.1.1994

Finland

en lisensiaatin

yliopisto /

terveysalan

käri/Tandläk-

tutkinto/

Helsingfo

lupa- ja

are

Odontologie

rs

valvontavirast

licentiatexamen

universite

on päätös

t

käytännön

palvelun

-

Oulun

hyväksymisest

yliopisto

ä/ Beslut av

Tillstånds- och

-

Itä-

tillsynsverket

Suomen

för social- och

yliopisto

hälsovården

om

-

Turun

godkännande

yliopisto

av prakisk

tjänstgöring

(10)

Sverige

Tandläkarexamen

Universitet eller

Bevis om

Tandläkare

1.1.1994

högskola

legitimation

som

tandläkare,

utfärdat av

Socialstyrelse

n

United

-

Bachelor of Universities

— Dentist

28.1.1980

Kingdom

Dental

— Dental

Royal Colleges

Surgery

practitioner

(BDS or

— Dental

B.Ch.D.

surgeon

) (11)

-

Licentiate

in

Dental

Surgery

(12)

(1) Until 31.12.2012.

(2) As of 1.1.2013.

(3) As of 2002/2003.

(4) Until 2012.

(5) As of 2013.

(6) The evidence of formal qualifications should also be accompanied by a certificate of completion of the

post-graduate internship (“staż podyplomowy”) except for persons who did not start the internship before

2.10.2016 and applied between 2.10.2016 and 28.2.2017 for the right to pursue the profession of dentist.

(7) As of 1.10.2011.

(8) As of 1.10.2011.

(9) As of 1.9.2017.

(10) As of 2002/2003.

(11) Issued before 1.1.2021.

(12) As of 1.1.2013.

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

5.3.3. Evidence of formal qualifications of specialised dentists

Oral Surgery

Country

Evidence of formal

Body awarding the

Reference

qualifications

evidence of

date

qualifications

België/Belgique/

Belgien

България

Свидетелство за призната

Факултет по дентална

1.1.2007

специалност по «Орална

медицина към

хирургия»

Медицински университет

Česko

Diplom o specializaci (v

1. Institut postgraduálního

19.7.2007

oboru orální a maxilofaciální

vzdělávání ve zdravotnictví

chirurgie)

2. Ministerstvo

zdravotnictví

Danmark

Bevis for tilladelse til at

Sundhedsstyrelsen

28.1.1980

betegne sig som

Styrelsen for

specialtandlæge i tand-,

Patientsikkerhed

mund- og kæbekirurgi

Deutschland

Fachzahnärztliche

Landeszahnärztekammer

28.1.1980

Anerkennung für

Oralchirurgie/ Mundchirurgie

Eesti

Ελλάς

Τίτλος Οδοντιατρικής

— Περιφέρεια

1.1.2003

ειδικότητας της

— Νομαρχιακή

Γναθοχειρουργικής (up to

Αυτοδιοίκηση

31.12.2002)

— Νομαρχία

España

France

Diplôme d’études spécialisées

Universités

31.3.2011

de chirurgie orale

Hrvatska

Ireland

Certificate of specialist dentist

Competent authority

28.1.1980

in oral surgery

recognised for this purpose

by the competent minister

Italia

Diploma di specialista in

Università

21.5.2005

Chirurgia Orale

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Κύπρος

Πιστοποιητικό Αναγνώρισης

Οδοντιατρικό Συμβούλιο

1.5.2004

του Ειδικού Οδοντιάτρου

στην Στοματική Χειρουργική

Latvija

Lietuva

1. Rezidentūros pažymėjimas,

Universitetas

1.5.2004

nurodantis suteiktą burnos

chirurgo profesinę

kvalifikaciją

2. Rezidentūros pažymėjimas

(burnos chirurgo profesinė

kvalifikacija)

Luxembourg

Magyarország

Dento-alveoláris sebészet

Nemzeti Vizsgabizottság

1.5.2004

szakorvosa bizonyítvány

Malta

Ċertifikat ta’ speċjalista

Kumitat ta’ Approvazzjoni

1.5.2004

dentali fil- Kirurġija tal-ħalq

dwar Speċjalisti

Nederland

Bewijs van inschrijving als

Registratiecommissie

28.1.1980

kaakchirurg in het

Tandheelkundige

Specialistenregister (1)

Specialismen (RTS) van de

Koninklijke Nederlandse

Diploma tandheelkundig

Maatschappij tot

specialist (2)

bevordering der

Tandheelkunde

Österreich

Polska

Dyplom uzyskania tytułu

Centrum Egzaminów

1.5.2004

specjalisty w dziedzinie

Medycznych

chirurgii stomatologicznej

Portugal

Título de Especialista em

Ordem dos Médicos

4.6.2008

Cirurgia Oral

Dentistas (OMD)

România

Certificatul de specialist în

Ministerul Sǎnǎtǎţii

17.12.2008

Chirurgie dento-alveolarǎ

Slovenija

Potrdilo o opravljenem

1. Ministrstvo za zdravje

1.5.2004

specialističnem izpitu iz

2. Zdravniška zbornica

oralne kirurgije

Slovenije

Slovensko

Diplom o špecializácii v

Univerzita

17.12.2008

špecializačnom odbore

maxilofaciálna chirurgia

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Suomi/Finland

Erikoishammaslääkärin

Yliopisto

1.1.1994

tutkinto, suu-ja leukakirurgia/

Specialtandläkarexamen, oral

och maxillofacial kirurgi (3)

Erikoishammaslääkärikoulutu

s, suu- ja leukakirurgia/

Specialisttandläkarutbildning,

oral och maxillofacial kirurgi

(4)

Sverige

Bevis om specialistkompetens

Socialstyrelsen

1.1.1994

i oral kirurgi

United Kingdom

Certificate of completion of

Competent authority

28.1.1980

specialist training in oral

recognised for this purpose

surgery (5)

.

(1) Until 31.12.2020.

.

(2) As of 1.1.2021.

.

(3) Until 31.12.2012.

.

(4) As of 1.1.2013.

.

(5) Issued before 1.1.2021.

Orthodontics

Country

Evidence of formal

Body awarding the

Reference

qualifications

evidence of

date

qualifications

België/Belgique/Belgien

Titre professionnel

Ministre de la Santé

27.1.2005

particulier de dentiste

publique/Minister

spécialiste en orthodontie/

bevoegd voor

Bijzondere beroepstitel

Volksgezondheid

van tandarts specialist in

de orthodontie

България

Свидетелство за

Факултет по дентална

1.1.2007

призната специалност по

медицина към

«Ортодонтия»

Медицински

университет

Česko

Diplom o specializaci (v

1. Institut postgraduálního

19.7.2007

oboru ortodoncie)

vzdělávání ve

zdravotnictví

2. Ministerstvo

zdravotnictví

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Danmark

Bevis for tilladelse til at

Sundhedsstyrelsen

28.1.1980

betegne sig som

Styrelsen for

specialtandlæge i ortodonti

Patientsikkerhed

Deutschland

Fachzahnärztliche

Landeszahnärztekammr

28.1.1980

Anerkennung für

Kieferorthopädie

Eesti

Residentuuri lõputunnistus

Tartu Ülikool

1.5.2004

ortodontia erialal

Ortodontia residentuuri

lõpetamist tõendav

tunnistus

Ελλάς

Τίτλος Οδοντιατρικής

— Περιφέρεια

1.1.1981

ειδικότητας της

— Νομαρχιακή

Ορθοδοντικής

Αυτοδιοίκηση

— Νομαρχία

España

France

Titre de spécialiste en

Conseil National de

28.1.1980

orthodontie

l’Ordre des chirurgiens

dentistes

Hrvatska

Ireland

Certificate of specialist

Competent authority

28.1.1980

dentist in orthodontics

recognised for this

purpose by the competent

minister

Italia

Diploma di specialista in

Università

21.5.2005

Ortognatodonzia

Κύπρος

Πιστοποιητικό

Οδοντιατρικό Συμβούλιο

1.5.2004

Αναγνώρισης του Ειδικού

Οδοντιάτρου στην

Ορθοδοντική

Latvija

— “Sertifikāts”–

Latvijas Ārstu biedrība

1.5.2004

kompetentas iestādes

izsniegts dokuments, kas

apliecina, ka persona ir

nokārtojusi sertifikācijas

eksāmenu ortodontijā (1)

— Ārstniecības personas

sertifikāts ortodonta

apakšspecialitātē (2)

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Lietuva

1. Rezidentūros

Universitetas

1.5.2004

pažymėjimas, nurodantis

suteiktą gydytojo

ortodonto profesinę

kvalifikaciją

2. Rezidentūros

pažymėjimas (gydytojo

ortodonto profesinė

kvalifikacija)

Luxembourg

Magyarország

Fogszabályozás

Nemzeti Vizsgabizottság

1.5.2004

szakorvosa bizonyítvány

Malta

Ċertifikat ta’ speċjalista

Kumitat ta’

1.5.2004

dentali fl-Ortodonzja

Approvazzjoni dwar

Speċjalisti

Nederland

Bewijs van inschrijving als

Registratiecommissie

28.1.1980

orthodontist in het

Tandheelkundige

Specialismen (RTS) van

Specialistenregister (3)

de Koninklijke

Diploma tandheelkundig

Nederlandse Maatschappij

specialist (4)

tot bevordering der

Tandheelkunde

Österreich

Polska

Dyplom uzyskania tytułu

Centrum Egzaminów

1.5.2004

specjalisty w dziedzinie

Medycznych

ortodoncji

Portugal

Título de Especialista em

Ordem dos Médicos

4.6.2008

Ortodontia

Dentistas (OMD)

România

Certificatul de specialist în

Ministerul Sǎnǎtǎţii

17.12.2008

Ortodonţie şi

Ortopedie dento-facialǎ

Slovenija

Potrdilo o opravljenem

1. Ministrstvo za zdravje

1.5.2004

specialističnem

2. Zdravniška zbornica

izpitu iz čeljustne in zobne

Slovenije

ortopedije

Slovensko

Diplom o špecializácii v

Univerzita

17.12.2008

špecializačnom odbore

čeľustná ortopédia

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Suomi/Finland

Erikoishammaslääkärin

Yliopisto

1.1.1994

tutkinto, hampaiston

oikomishoito/Specialtand-

läkarexamen,

tandreglering (5)

Erikoishammaslääkärikoul

utus, hampaiston

oikomishoito/

Specialisttandläkarutbildni

ng, tandreglering (6)

Sverige

Bevis om

Socialstyrelsen

1.1.1994

specialistkompetens i

ortodonti

United Kingdom

Certificate of Completion

Competent authority

28.1.1980

of specialist training in

recognised for this

purpose

orthodontics (7)

.

(1) Until 31.12.2012.

.

(2) As of 1.1.2013.

.

(3) Until 31.12.2020.

.

(4) As of 1.1.2021.

.

(5) Until 31.1.2015.

.

(6) As of 1.2.2015.

.

(7) Issued before 1.1.2021.

5.6.2. Evidence of formal qualifications of pharmacists

Country

Evidence of formal

Body awarding the

Certificate

Reference

qualifications

evidence

of

accompanying

date

qualifications

the evidence of

qualifications

België/Belgique/

Diploma

van

— De universiteiten/

1.10.1987

Belgien

apotheker/Diplôme de

Les universities

pharmacien Master en

— De bevoegde

sciences

Examencommissie

pharmaceutiques (1)

van de Vlaamse

Gemeenschap/Le

Jury

competent

d’enseignement de la

Communauté

française

България

Диплома за висше

Университет

1.1.2007

образование на

образователно-

квалификационна

степен “Магистър”

по “Фармация” с

професионална

квалификация

“Магистърфармацевт

”

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Česko

Diplom o ukončení

Farmaceutická

1.5.2004

studia ve studijním

fakulta univerzity v

programu farmacie

České republice

(magistr, Mgr.)

Danmark

Bevis

for

Det

Farmaceutiske

1.10.1987

kandidatuddannelsen i

Fakultet, Københavns

farmaci (cand.pharm.)

Universitet

Syddansk Universitet

Bevis for

kandidatuddannelsen i

farmaci (cand.pharm.)

Deutschland

Zeugnis über die

Zuständige Behörden

1.10.1987

Staatliche

Pharmazeutische

Prüfung

Eesti

Diplom

proviisori

Tartu Ülikool

1.5.2004

õppekava läbimisest

Farmaatsiamagister

Master of Science in

Pharmacy (MSc)

Ελλάς

Άδεια άσκησης

— Περιφέρεια

1.10.1987

φαρμακευτικού

—

Νομαρχιακή

επαγγέλματος

Αυτοδιοίκηση

España

Título de Licenciado

— Ministerio de

1.10.1987

en Farmacia

Educación y Cultura

1.1.1986

Título de Graduado/a

— El rector de una

en Farmacia

Universidad

— El rector de una

Universidad

France

— Diplôme d’Etat de

Universités

1.10.1987

pharmacien

— Diplôme d’Etat de

docteur en pharmacie

Hrvatska

Diploma ‘magistar

—

1.7.2013

farmacije/ magistra

Farmaceutskobiokem

farmacije’

ijski fakultet

Sveučilišta u Zagrebu

— Medicinski

fakultet Sveučilišta u

Splitu

—

Kemijskotehnološki

fakultet Sveučilišta u

Splitu

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Ireland

1. Certificate of

1. Cumann

Notification from

1.10.1987

Registered

Cógaiseoirí na

the

Pharmaceutical

hEireann

Pharmaceutical

(Pharmaceutical

Society of Ireland

Chemist (2) Certificate

Society of Ireland)

that the person

of Registration as a

named therein is

Pharmacist (3)

the holder of a

2. A degree in

qualification

Pharmacy recognised

2. Universities

appropriate for

by the Pharmaceutical

delivering degrees in

practicing as a

Society of Ireland (4)

pharmacy recognised

pharmacist

by the

Pharmaceutical

Society of Ireland

Italia

Diploma o certificato

Università

1.11.1993

di abilitazione

all’esercizio della

professione di

farmacista ottenuto in

seguito ad un esame di

Stato

Κύπρος

Πτυχίο

Πανεπιστήμιο

Βεβαίωση

1.5.2004

Φαρμακευτικής

Frederick

Επιτυχίας στις

ξετάσεις για την

Πανεπιστήμιο

Εγγραφή

Λευκωσίας

Φαρμακοποιού

Ευρωπαϊκό

Πανεπιστήμιο

Κύπρου

Latvija

Farmaceita diploms

Universitātes tipa

1.5.2004

augstskola

Veselības zinātņu

maģistra grāds

Universitāte

farmācijā

Lietuva

1. Aukštojo mokslo

Universitetas

1.5.2004

diplomas, nurodantis

suteiktą vaistininko

profesinę kvalifikaciją

2. Magistro diplomas

(farmacijos magistro

kvalifikacinis laipsnis

ir vaistininko profesinė

kvalifikacija

Luxembourg

Diplôme d’Etat de

Jury d’examen d’Etat

1.10.1987

pharmacien

+ visa du ministre de

l’éducation nationale

Magyarország

Okleveles

Egyetem

1.5.2004

gyógyszerész oklevél

(magister pharmaciae,

abbrev: mag. Pharm)

Malta

Lawrja fil-Farmaċija

Università ta’ Malta

1.5.2004

Nederland

Getuigschrift van met

Faculteit Farmacie

1.10.1987

goed gevolg afgelegd

apothekersexamen

Master of Science

Farmacie (5)

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Österreich

Staatliches

Österreichische

1.10.1994

Apothekerdiplom

Apothekerkammer

Polska

Dyplom ukończenia

Szkoły wyższe

1.5.2004

studiów wyższych na

kierunku farmacja z

tytułem “magister

farmacji”

Portugal

1. Licenciatura em

Instituição de Ensino

1.10.1987

Farmácia

Superior

Universitário

2. Carta de curso de

licenciatura em

Ciências

1.1.2007

Farmacêuticas

3. Mestrado Integrado

em Ciências

Farmacêuticas

România

Diplomă de licenţă de

Universităţi

1.1.2007

farmacist Diploma de

Ministerul Educației

Nationale

licență și master (6)

Slovenija

Diploma, s katero se

Univerza

Potrdilo o

1.5.2004

podeljuje strokovni

opravljenem

naziv “magister

strokovnem

farmacije/magistra

izpitu za poklic

farmacije”

magister

farmacije/

magistra

farmacije

Slovensko

DIPLOM farmácia

Univerzita

1.5.2004

magister (“Mgr.”)

Suomi/Finland

Proviisorin

tutkinto/

Yliopisto

1.10.1994

Provisorexamen

Sverige

Apotekarexamen

Universitet och

1.10.1994

högskolor

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

United Kingdom

1. Certificate

of

1.10.1987

Registered Pharmacist

(7) (8)

Universities

Notification

2. A degree in

delivering pharmacy

from the

pharmacy approved by

degrees approved by

General

either the General

the General

Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical

Council or

Council

(formerly

Council (formerly

Pharmaceutical

Royal Pharmaceutical

Royal Pharmaceutical

Society of

Society

of

Great

Society of Great

Northern

Britain)

or

the

Britain) or the

Ireland

Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical

confirming

Society of Northern

Society of Northern

successful

Ireland (9) (10)

Ireland

completion of

the approved

pharmacy

degree, 12

months

practical

training and a

pass of the

registration

assessment.

(1) As of 2023/2024.

(2) This evidence of formal qualification entitles the holder to automatic recognition when it is

issued to the nationals of Member States who obtained qualification in Ireland.

(3) This evidence of formal qualification entitles the holder to automatic recognition when it is

issued to the nationals of Member States who obtained qualification in Ireland.

(4) This information on the evidence of qualifications was included to ensure that graduates

trained in Ireland would be entitled to automatic recognition without the need for actual registra-

tion in Ireland. In such cases, the accompanying certificate testifies the completion of all qualifi-

cations requirements.

(5) As of 1.9.2002.

(6) As of 10.1.2011.

(7) This evidence of formal qualification entitles the holder to automatic recognition of their qual-

ification when it is issued to the nationals of Member States who obtained qualification in the

United Kingdom.

(8) Issued before 1.1.2021.

(9) This information on the evidence of qualifications was included to ensure that graduates

trained in the United Kingdom would be entitled to automatic recognition of their qualification

without the need for actual registration. In such cases, the accompanying certificate testifies the

completion of all qualifications requirements.

(10) Issued before 1.1.2021.

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

5.5.2 Evidence of formal qualifications of midwives

Country

Evidence of

formal

Body

awarding

Professional

Reference

qualifications

the evidence of

Title

Date

qualifications

België/

Diploma

van

— De erkende

Vroedvrouw/

23.1.1983

Belgique/

vroedvrouw/

opleidingsinstitute

Accoucheuse

Belgien

Diplômed’accoucheuse

n/Les

Bachelier

sage-femme

Sage-femme (2)

établissements

(1)

d’enseignement

— De bevoegde

Examencommissie

van de Vlaamse

Gemeenschap/Le

Jury compétent

d’enseignement de

la Communauté

française

България

Диплома за висше

Университет

Акушеркa

1.1.2007

образование на

образователно-

квалификационна

степен “Бакалавър” с

професионална

квалификация

“Акушерка”

Česko

1. Diplom o ukončení

1. Vysoká škola

Porodní

1.5.2004

asistentka

studia

zřízená nebo

ve studijním programu

uznaná státem

ošetřovatelství ve

studijním oboru porodní

asistentka (bakalář, Bc.

2. Diplom o ukončení

2. Vysoká škola

studia

zřízená nebo

ve studijním programu

uznaná státem

porodní asistence ve

studijním oboru porodní

asistentka (bakalář, Bc.

3. Diplom o ukončení

3. Vyšší odborná

studia

škola zřízená nebo

ve studijním oboru

uznaná státem

diplomovaná porodní

asistentka (diplomovaný

specialista, DiS.

Danmark

Bevis for uddannelsen til

Professionshøjskol

Jordemoder

23.1.1983

e

professionsbachelor i

jordemoderkundskab

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Deutschland

Zeugnis

über

die

Staatlicher

— Hebamme

23.1.1983

staatliche Prüfung für

Prüfungsausschuss

—

Hebammen

und

Entbindungspfle

Entbindungspfleger

ger

Eesti

Diplom ämmaemanda

— Tallinna

Ämmaemand

1.5.2004

erialal

Meditsiinikool

— Tartu

Ämmaemanda diplom

Meditsiinikool

— Tallinna

Tervishoiu

Kõrgkool

— Tartu

Tervishoiu

Kõrgkool

Ελλάς

1. Πτυχίο Τμήματος

1.Τεχνολογικά

— Μαία

23.1.1983

Μαιευτικής

Εκπαιδευτικά

Tεχνολογικών

Ιδρύματα (Τ.Ε.Ι.)

— Μαιευτής

Εκπαιδευτικών

2.ΚΑΤΕΕ

Ιδρυμάτων (Τ.Ε.Ι.)

Υπουργείου

2. Πτυχίο του Τμήματος

Εθνικής Παιδείας

Μαιών της Ανωτέρας

και Θρησκευμάτων

Σχολής Στελεχών Υγείας

3.Υπουργείο

και Κοινων. Πρόνοιας

Υγείας και

(ΚΑΤΕΕ)

Πρόνοιας

3. Πτυχίο Μαίας

Ανωτέρας Σχολής Μαιών

España

— Título de matrona

—

Ministerio

— Matrona

1.1.1986

competente en el

— Título de asistente

—

Asistente

ámbito

de

la

obstétrico (matrona)

obstétrico

Educación/

— Título de enfermería

Universidades

obstétrica-ginecológica

— Ministerio

competente en el

ámbito de la

Sanidad (3)

France

Diplôme d’Etat de sage-

L’Etat Université

Sage-femme

23.1.1983

femme

Hrvatska

Svjedodžba “prvostupnik

— Medicinski

Prvostupnik

1.7.2013

(baccalaureus)

fakulteti sveučilišta

(baccalaureus)

primaljstva/sveučilišna

u Republici

Primaljstva/

prvostupnica

Hrvatskoj

Prvostupnica

(baccalaurea)

(baccalaurea)

— Sveučilišta u

primaljstva”

primaljstva

Republici

Hrvatskoj

— Veleučilišta i

visoke škole u

Republici

Hrvatskoj

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Ireland

1. Certificate

in

1. An Bórd

Registered

23.1.1983

Altranais (The

Midwife (RM)

Midwifery (4)

Nursing Board) [up

2. B.Sc. in Midwifery

to 1.10.2012];

approved by the NMBI

Bórd Altranais

(5)

agus

3. Higher/Post-graduate

Cnáimhseachais na

Diploma in Midwifery

hEireann (The

approved by the NMBI

Nursing and

(6)

Midwifery Board

of Ireland, NMBI)

[from 2.10.2012].

2. A third-level

Institution

delivering a

Midwifery

education

programme

approved by the

NMBI

3. Third-level

Institution

delivering Higher/

Postgraduate

Diploma in

Midwifery

approved by the

NMBI

Italia

1. Diploma d’ostetrica

1. Scuole

Ostetrica (11)

23.1.1983

(7)

riconosciute dallo

Stato (9)

2. Laurea in ostetricia (8)

2. Università (10)

Κύπρος

1. Δίπλωμα

στο

— Νοσηλευτική

Εγγεγραμμένη

1.5.2004

μεταβασικό πρόγραμμα

Σχολή

Μαία

Μαιευτικής

—

Τεχνολογίκο

2. Μεταπτυχιακο

Πανεπιστήμιο

Μαιευτικησ (12)

Κύπρου (13)

Latvija

Diploms par vecmātes

Māsu

skolas

Vecmāte

1.5.2004

kvalifikācijas iegūšanu

Universitātes tipa

Profesionālā bakalaura

augstskola

diploms par galvenās

Universitātes (15)

vecmātes kvalifikācijas

iegūšanu (14)

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Lietuva

1. Aukštojo mokslo

1. Universitetas

Akušeris

1.5.2004

diplomas, nurodantis

suteiktą bendrosios

praktikos slaugytojo

profesinę kvalifikaciją, ir

profesinės kvalifikacijos

pažymėjimas, nurodantis

suteiktą akušerio

profesinę kvalifikaciją

— Pažymėjimas,

liudijantis akušerio

profesinę praktiką

2. Aukštojo mokslo

diplomas

2. Kolegija

(neuniversitetinės

studijos), nurodantis

suteiktą bendrosios

praktikos slaugytojo

profesinę kvalifikaciją, ir

profesinės kvalifikacijos

pažymėjimas, nurodantis

suteiktą akušerio

profesinę kvalifikaciją

— Pažymėjimas,

liudijantis akušerio

profesinę praktiką

3. Aukštojo mokslo

diplomas

(neuniversitetinės

3. Kolegija

studijos), nurodantis

suteiktą akušerio

profesinę kvalifikaciją

4. Bakalauro diplomas

(slaugos bakalauro

kvalifikacinis laipsnis ir

4. Universitetas

bendrosios praktikos

slaugytojo profesinė

kvalifikacija) Ir

Profesinės kvalifikacijos

pažymėjimas (akušerio

profesinė kvalifikacija)

5. Profesinio bakalauro

diplomas (slaugos

profesinio bakalauro

5. Kolegija

kvalifikacinis laipsnis ir

bendrosios praktikos

slaugytojo profesinė

kvalifikacija) Ir

Profesinės kvalifikacijos

pažymėjimas (akušerio

profesinė kvalifikacija)

6. Profesinio bakalauro

6. Kolegija

diplomas (akušerijos

profesinio bakalauro

kvalifikacinis laipsnis ir

akušerio profesinė

kvalifikacija)

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Luxembourg

Diplôme de sage-femme

Ministère de

Sage-femme

23.1.1983

(16)

l’éducation

nationale, de la

Brevet de Technicien

formation

Supérieur — Spécialité

professionnelle et

Sage-femme (17)

des sports

Lycée Technique

pour Professions

de Santé

Magyarorszá

1. Szülésznő

1. Iskola/főiskola

Szülésznő

1.5.2004

g

bizonyítvány

2. Felsőoktatási

2. Szülésznő oklevél

intézmény

Malta

Lawrja jew diploma fl-

Università

ta’

Qabla

1.5.2004

Istudji

Malta

tal-Qwiebel

Nederland

Diploma van

Door het

Verloskundige

23.1.1983

verloskundige

Ministerie van

Volksgezondheid,

Welzijn en Sport

erkende

opleidingsinstellin

gen

Österreich

1. Hebammen-Diplom

1. —

Hebamme

1.1.1994

Hebammenakadem

ie

—

Bundeshebammenl

2. Diplom über den

ehranstalt

Abschluss des

2. FachhochschulBachelors

Fachhochschulrat

tudiengangs “Hebamme”

Polska

— Dyplom ukończenia

Instytucja

Położna

1.5.2004

studiów wyższych na

prowadząca

kierunku położnictwo z

kształcenie

na

tytułem

“magister

poziomie wyższym

położnictwa”

uznana

przez

właściwe władze

— Dyplom ukończenia

(Higher education

studiów

wyższych

institution

zawodowych

na

recognised by the

kierunku/

specjalności

competent

położnictwo z tytułem

authorities)

“licencjat położnictwa”

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Portugal

1. Diploma/Carta de

1. Ecolas de

Enfermeiro

1.1.1986

Curso de especialização

Enfermagem

especialista em

em enfermagem de saúde

enfermagem de

materna e obstétrica

saúde materna e

obstétrica

2. Diploma/carta de curso

2. Escolas

de estudos superiores

Superiores de

especializados em

Enfermagem

enfermagem de saúde

materna e obstétrica

3. — Escolas

3. Diploma/Carta (curso

Superiores de

de pós-licenciatura)

Enfermagem

especialização em

enfermagem de saúde

— Escolas

materna e obstétrica

Superiores de

Saúde

4. Diploma do Curso de

Mestrado em

4. — Escolas

Enfermagem de Saúde

Superiores de

Materna e Obstétrica

Enfermagem

— Escolas

Superiores de

Saúde

România

Diplomă de licenţă de

Universităţi

Moaşă

1.1.2007

moaşă

Slovenija

Diploma, s katero se

1. Univerza

diplomirana

1.5.2004

podeljuje

strokovni

babica/

2. Visoka

naslov

“diplomirana

diplomirani

strokovna šola

babica/diplomirani

babičar

babičar”

Slovensko

1. DIPLOM pôrodná

1. Vysoká škola/

Pôrodná

1.5.2004

asistencia “bakalár”

Univerzita

asistentka

(“Bc.”)

2. Stredná

2. DIPLOM diplomovaná

zdravotnícka škola

pôrodná asistentka

Suomi/

1. Kätilön tutkinto/

1. Kätilö/Barnmors

1.1.1994

Finland

barnmorskeexamen

Terveydenhuoltoop

pilaitokset/

2. Sosiaali— ja

hälsovårdsläroanst

terveysalan

alter

ammattikorkeakoulututki

nto, kätilö (AMK)/

2. yrkeshögskoleexamen

Ammattikorkeakou

inom hälsovård och det

lut/

sociala området,

Yrkeshögskolor

barnmorska (YH)

Sverige

Barnmorskeexamen

Universitet

eller

Barnmorska

1.1.1994

högskola

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

United

A qualification approved

Education

Registered

23.1.1983

Kingdom

by the Nursing and

institution

Midwife

Midwifery Council or its

approved by the

predecessor bodies as

Nursing

and

attesting

to

the

Midwifery Council

completion of training as

or its predecessor

required for midwives by

bodies

Article 40 and the

standard of proficiency

as

required

for

registration

as

a

Registered Midwife in its

register (18) (19)

(1) As of 14.9.2016.

(2) As of 14.9.2016.

(3) As of 1.1.2022.

(4) This evidence of formal qualification entitles the holder to automatic recognition when

it is issued to the nationals of Member States who obtained qualification in Ireland.

(5) This information on the evidence of qualifications was included to ensure that gradu-

ates trained in Ireland would be entitled to automatic recognition without the need for

actual registration in Ireland, such registration not being part of the qualification process.

(6) This information on the evidence of qualifications was included to ensure that gradu-

ates trained in Ireland would be entitled to automatic recognition without the need for

actual registration in Ireland, such registration not being part of the qualification process.

(7) Valid until 2001.

(8) From 2001/2002.

(9) Valid until 2001.

(10 From 2001/2002.

(11) Valid until 2001.

(12) As of 1.9.2016.

(13) As of 1.9.2016.

(14) As of 1.9.2008.

(15) As of 1.9.2008.

(16) Until 14.9.2012.

(17) As of 15.9.2012.

(18) This information on the evidence of qualifications was included to ensure that gradu-

ates trained in the United Kingdom would be entitled to automatic recognition of their

qualification without the need for actual registration, such registration not being part of the

qualification process.

(19) Issued before 1.1.2021.

5.2.2 Evidence of formal qualifications of nurses responsible for general care

Country

Proof of professional

Body awarding the

Professional title

qualification

evidence

qualifications

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

België/

— Diploma gegradueerde

— De erkende oplei-

— Hospitalier

29.6.1979

Belgique/

verpleger/verpleegster/

dingsinstituten/Les

(ère) /

Diplôme d’infirmier(ère)

établissements

Verplee-gassiste

Belgien

gradué(e)/Diplom eines

d’enseignement re-

nt(e)

(einer) graduierten

connus/Die aner-

— Infirmier(ère)

Krankenpflegers (-

kannten Ausbil-

hospitalier(ère)/

pflegerin)

dungsanstalten

Ziekenhuisver-

— Diploma in de

— De bevoegde Ex-

pleger(-ver-

ziekenhuisverpleegkunde/

amencommissie van

pleegster)

Brevet d’infirmier(ère)

de Vlaamse

hospitalier(ère)/Brevet

Gemeenschap/Le

eines (einer)

Jury compétent

Krankenpflegers (-

d’enseignement de la

pflegerin)

Communauté

française/Der zus-

— Brevet van

tändige

verpleegassistent(e)/Brevet

Prüfungsausschuß

d’hospitalier(ère)/Brevet

der Deutschspra-

einer Pflegeassistentin

chigen Ge-

meinschaft

България

Диплома за висше

Университет

Медицинска

1.1.2007

образование на

сестра

образователно-квалифи-

кационна степен

«Бакалавър» с

професионална

квалификация

«Медицинска сестра»

Česko

Diplom o ukončení studia

Vysoká škola zřízená

— Všeobecná

1.5.2004

ve studijním programu

nebo uznaná státem

ses- tra

ošetřovatelství ve studijním

Vyšší odborná škola

oboru všeobecná sestra

zřízená nebo uznaná

(bakalář, Bc.)(1)

státem

Diplom o ukončení studia

ve studijním programu

Všeobecné ošetřovatelství

(2)

Diplom o ukončení studia

ve studijním oboru

diplomovaná všeobecná

sestra (diplomovaný

specialista, DiS.),

accompanied by the

following certificate: –

Vysvědčení o absolutoriu

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Danmark

Bevis for uddannelsen til

Professionshøjskole

Sygeplejerske

29.6.1979

pro- fessionsbachelor i

sygepleje

Deutschland

1. Zeugnis über die

1. Gesundheits-

u

29.6.1979

staatliche Prüfung in

nd Krankenp

der Krankenpflege

flegerin/Ge-

2. Zeugnis über die

sundheits-

staatliche Prüfung der

und

beruflichen

Krankenpfle

Pflegeausbildung (3)

ger

3. Zeugnis über die Prüfung

2. Pflegefachfrau/

der hochschulischen

Pf legefach-

Pflegeausbildung (4)

mann (5)

Eesti

1. Diplom õe erialal

1.Tallinna

Õde

1.5.2004

Meditsiinikool Tartu

2. Õe põhikoolituse diplom

Meditsiinikool

3. Õe põhiõpe diplom

Kohtla-Järve

Meditsiinikool

2. Tallinna

Tervishoiu Kõrgkool

3. Tartu Tervishoiu

Kõrgkool

Ελλάς

España

Título de Diplomado

— Ministerio

Enfermero/a

1.1.1986

universitario en Enfermería

diplomado/a

Educación y Cultura

1.1.1986

Titulo de Graduado/a en

Graduado/a en

de

Enfermería

Enfermería

— El rector de una

Universidad

— El rector de

Universidad

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

France

— Diplôme d’Etat

Le ministère de la

Infirmier(ère)

29.6.1979

d’infirmier (ère)

santé

— Diplôme d’Etat

d’infirmier (ère) délivré en

vertu du décret no 99-1147

du 29 décembre 1999

Hrvatska

1. Svjedodžba

1.Srednje strukovne

1.medicinska

1.7.2013

“medicinska sestra

škole koje izvode

sestra općenjege/

opće njege/medicinski

program za stjecanje

medicinski

tehničar opće njege”

kvalifikacije

tehničar opće

“medicinska sestra

njege

2. Svjedodžba

opće njege/

2. prvostupnik

“prvostupnik

medicinski tehničar

(baccalaureus)

(baccalaureus)

opće njege”

sestrinstva/

sestrinstva/

2. Medicinski

prvostupnica

prvostupnica

fakulteti sveučilišta u

(baccalaurea)

(baccalaurea)

Republici Hrvatskoj

sestrinstva

sestrinstva

Sveučilišta u

Republici Hrvatskoj

Veleučilišta u

Republici Hrvatskoj

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Ireland

1. Certificate of

1. An Bórd

Registered

29.6.1979

Registered General

Altranais

General Nurse

(The

(RGN)

Nurse (6)

Nursing

2. B.Sc. in Nursing

Board) [up

Studies (General)

to

approved by the

1.10.2012];

NMBI (7)

Bórd

3. B.Sc. in Children’s

Altranais

and General

agus

(Integrated)

Cnáimhseac

Nursing approved

hais na

by the NMBI (8)

hEireann

(The

Nursing and

Midwifery

Board of

Ireland)

[from

2.10.2012]

2. Third-level

Institu tion

delivering

the B.Sc. in

Nursing

Studies

approved by

the NMBI

[as of

September

2002]

3. Third-level

Institution

delivering

the B.Sc. in

Children’s

and General

(Integrated)

Nursing

approved by

the NMBI

[as of

September

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Italia

1. Diploma di infermiere

1. Scuole

1. Infermiere

29.6.1979

riconosciute dallo

professionale

professionale (9)

Stato (11)

(13)

2. Diploma di laurea in

2. Università (12)

infermieristica (10)

2. Infermiere (14)

Κΰπρος

Δίπλωμα Γενικής

Νοσηλευτική Σχολή

Εγγεγραμμένος

1.5.2004

Νοσηλευτικής

Νοσηλευτής

Τεχνολογικό

Πτυχίο Νοσηλευτικής

Πανεπιστήμιο

Νοσηλευτής(τρια

Τεχνολογικού

Κύπρου

) Γενικής

Πανεπιστημίου Κύπρου

Νοσηλευτικής

Ευρωπαϊκό

Πτυχίο Νοσηλευτικής

Πανεπιστήμιο

Ευρωπαϊκού

Κύπρου

Πανεπιστημίου Κύπρου

Πανεπιστήμιο

Πτυχίο Νοσηλευτικής

Λευκωσίας

Πανεπιστημίου Λευκωσίας

University of Nicosia

– BSc in Nursing

Σχολή Επιστημών

Υγείας,

Πτυχίο Γενικής

Πανεπιστήμιο

Νοσηλευτικής

Frederick

Latvija

1. Diploms par māsas

1. Māsu skolas

Māsa

1.5.2004

kvalifikācijas

2. Universitātes tipa

iegūšanu

augstskola

2. Māsas diploms

pamatojoties uz

Valsts eksāmenu

komisijas lēmumu

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Lietuva

1. Aukštojo mokslo

1. Universitetas

Bendrosios prakti

1.5.2004

diplomas,

kos slaugytojas

2. Kolegija

nurodantis suteiktą

3. Universitetas

bendrosios

4. Kolegija

praktikos

slaugytojo

profesinę

kvalifikaciją

2. Aukštojo mokslo

diplomas

(neuniversitetinės

studijos),

nurodantis suteiktą

bendrosios

praktikos

slaugytojo

profesinę

kvalifikaciją

3. Bakalauro

diplomas (slaugos

bakalauro

kvalifikacinis

laipsnis ir

bendrosios

praktikos

slaugytojo

profesinė

kvalifikacija)

4. Profesinio

bakalauro

diplomas (slaugos

profesinio

bakalauro

kvalifikacinis

laipsnis ir

bendrosios

praktikos

slaugytojo prof

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Luxembourg

— Diplôme d’Etat

Ministère de

Infirmier

29.6.1979

d’infirmier

l’éducation

nationale, de la

— Diplôme d’Etat

forma tion

d’infirmier hospitalier

professionnelle et des

gradué (15)

sports

— Brevet de Technicien

Lycée Technique

Supérieur – Spécialité

pour Professions de

Infirmier responsable en

Santé

soins généraux (16)

Magyarorszá

1. Ápoló

1. Szakképző iskola

Ápoló

1.5.2004

g

bizonyítvány

2. Felsőoktatási intéz

2. Ápoló oklevél

mény

3. Okleveles ápoló

3. Felsőoktatási

oklevél

intézmény

Malta

Lawrja jew diploma fl-

Università ta’ Malta

Infermier

1.5.2004

istudji tal-infermerija

Registrat tal-

Ewwel Livell

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Nederland

1. Diploma’s

1. Door een

Verpleegkundige

29.6.1979

verpleger A,

van

verpleegster A,

overheidsw

verpleegkundige A

ege

benoemde

2. Diploma

examencom

verpleegkundige

missie

MBOV

(Middelbare

2. Door een

Beroepsopleiding

van

Verpleegkundige)

overheidsw

ege

3. Diploma

benoemde

verpleegkundige

examencom

HBOV (Hogere

missie

Beroepsopleiding

Verpleegkundige)

3. Door een

van

4. Diploma

overheidsw

beroepsonderwijs

ege

verpleegkundige –

benoemde

Kwalificatieniveau

examencom

missie

5. Diploma hogere

4. Door een

beroepsopleiding

van over

verpleegkundige –

heidswege

Kwalificatieniveau

aange

wezen

opleiding

sinstelling

5. Door een

van over

heidswege

aange

wezen

opleiding

sinstelling

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Österreich

1. Diplom über die

1. Diplomierte

— Diplomierte

1.1.1994

Ge- sundheits-

Ausbildung in der all-

Ge sundheits-

und

gemeinen Gesundheits-

und Krankensch

Krankensch-

und Krankenpflege

wester

wester

2. Diplom als

— Diplomierter

2. Diplomierter

„Diplomierte

Gesundheits-und

Gesundheits-

und Krankenp- f Krankenp f leger

Krankenschwester,

leger

Diplomierter

3. Fachhochschulrat/

Krankenpfleger“

Fachhochschule

3. Diplom über den

Abschluss des

Fachhochschul-

Bachelorstudiengangs

„Gesundheits- und

Krankenpflege“

Polska

— Dyplom ukończenia

Instytucja

Pielegniarka

1.5.2004

studiów wyższych na

prowadząca

kierunku pielęgniarstwo z

kształcenie na

tytułem „magister

poziomie wyższym

pielęgniarstwa”

uznana przez

właściwe władze

— Dyplom ukończenia

studiów wyższych

zawodowych na kierunku/

specjalności pielęgniarstwo

z tytułem „licencjat

pielęgniarstwa”

Portugal

1. Diploma do curso

1. Escolas de

Enfermeiro

1.1.1986

de enfermagem

Enfermage

geral

m

2. Diploma/carta de

2. Escolas

curso de

Superiores

bacharelato em

de

enfermagem

Enfermage

m

3. Diploma/

Cartadecursode

3. Escolas

licenciatura em

Superiores

enfermagem

de

Enfermage

m; Escolas

Superiores

de Saúde

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

România

1. Diplomă de

1. Universităţi

Asistent medical

1.1.2007

absolvire de

generalist

2. Universităţi

asistent medical

3. Ministerul Educa

generalist cu studii

ţiei Naționale

superioare de

scurtă durată

2. Diplomă de licenţă

de asistent medical

generalist cu studii

superioare de

lungă durată

3. Certificat de

competențe

profesionale (de

asistent medical

generalist)

4. Certificat de

calificare nivel 5

5. Certificat de

calificare

profesională nivel

Slovenija

Diploma, s katero se

1. Univerza

Diplomirana

1.5.2004

podeljuje strokovni naslov

medicinska

2. Visoka strokovna

“diplomirana medicinska

sestra/

šola

sestra/diplomirani

Diplomirani

zdravstvenik”

zdravstvenik

Slovensko

1. DIPLOM

1. Vysoká

Sestra

1.5.2004

ošetrovateľstvo

škola/

”magister”

Univerzita

(“Mgr.”)

2. Vysoká

2. DIPLOM

škola/

ošetrovateľstvo

Univerzita

”bakalár” (“Bc.”)

3. Stredná

3. DIPLOM

zdravotníck

diplomovaná

a škola

všeobecná sestra

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Suomi/

1. Sairaanhoitajan

1. Terveydenhuolto-

Sairaanhoitaja/

1.1.1994

Finland

tutkinto/

oppilaitokset/

Sjukskötare

Sjukskötarexamen

Hälsovårdsläroan

stalter

2. Sosiaali- ja

terveysalan am

2.Ammattikorkeakou

mattikorkeakoulut

lut/ Yrkeshögskolor

utkinto,

sairaanhoitaja

(AMK)/Yr

keshögskoleexame

n inom hälsovård

och det sociala

området,

sjukskötare (YH)

Sverige

Sjuksköterskeexamen

Universitet eller

Sjuksköterska

1.1.1994

högskola

United

A qualification approved by

Education

Registered Nurse

29.6.1979

Kingdom

the Nursing and Midwifery

institutions approved

– Adult

Council or one of its

by the Nursing and

predecessor bodies as

Midwifery Council

attesting to the completion

or one of its

of training required for

predecessor bodies

general nurses by Article 31

and the standard of

proficiency as required for

registration as a Registered

Nurse – Adult in its register

(17) (18)

(1) Until 31.12.2018.

(2) As of 2018/2019.

(3) As of 1.1.2020.

(4) As of 1.1.2020.

(5) As of 1.1.2020.

(6) This evidence of formal qualification entitles the holder to automatic recognition when it is

issued to the nationals of Member States who obtained qualification in Ireland.

(7) This information on the evidence of qualifications was included to ensure that graduates

trained in Ireland would be entitled to automatic recognition without the need for actual registra-

tion in Ireland, such registration not being part of the qualification process.

(8) This information on the evidence of qualifications was included to ensure that graduates

trained in Ireland would be entitled to automatic recognition without the need for actual registra-

tion in Ireland, such registration not being part of the qualification process.

(9) Valid until 2001.

(10) As of 2001/2002.

(11) Valid until 2001.

(12) As of 2001/2002.

(13) Valid until 2001.

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

(14) As of 2001/2002.

(15) Until 14.9.2012.

(16) As of 15.9.2012.

(17) This information on the evidence of qualifications replaces previous entries for the United

Kingdom in order to ensure that graduates trained in the United Kingdom would be entitled to

automatic recognition of their qualification without the need for actual registration, such registra-

tion not being part of the qualification process.

(18) Issued before 1.1.2021. ".

(1) No person shall practise a health care profession unless

he fulfils the conditions for the taking up and pursuit of that health

care profession in Malta, in accordance with the provisions of this

Act.

(2)

(a) A person shall only be entitled to use a professional

title if he fulfils the conditions set by the relevant

Council for taking up and pursuit, in Malta, of the

healthcare profession to which the title refers.

(b) The titles referred to in paragraph (a) are

(i)

medical practitioner

(ii)

dental surgeon

(iii)

midwife

(iv)

nurse

(v)

pharmacy technician

(vi)

pharmacist.

(3) Healthcare professionals registered with any of the relevant

Councils shall be legally entitled to use those academic titles

conferred on them in the home Member State, and possibly an

abbreviated form thereof, in the language of the home Member

State as long as that title is followed by the name and address of the

establishment or examining board which awarded it.

(4) In those cases where an academic title of the home Member

State is liable to be confused with a title which in Malta requires

supplementary training not acquired by the professional, then the

relevant Council may require the professional to use the academic

t it l e o f t he h o m e M e m b e r St a t e in a n ap p r o p r i a t e f o r m , a s

prescribed by the Council.

Substituted by

L.N. 253 of 2004;

(Article 28)

L.N. 376 of 2005.

Amended by

Professions Complementary to Medicine

L.N. 442 of 2011;

L.N. 399 of 2014;

L.N. 390 of 2018.

Acupuncture

Audiologists

Dietetics

Physiotherapy

Dental Hygiene

Chiropractic

Nutrition

Optometry

Orthoptics

Osteopathy

Speech Language Pathology

Clinical Perfusion

Podiatry

Radiography

Environmental Health

Dental Technology

Occupational Therapy

Medical Laboratory Science

Medical Physicists

Nutritional Therapists

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

It shall not be lawful for a health care professional to

practise any two or more of the health care professions

concurrently

Provided that, the Minister may, upon a recommendation of

the relevant Council or Councils, prescribe the circumstances in

which any health care professional may practise more than one

health care profession concurrently.

Amended by

III. 2004.31;

(Article 30)

L.N. 342 of 2004;

L.N. 147 of 2006;

Professional Associations

L.N. 27 of 2008;

L.N. 140 of 2008;

Part I

L.N. 159 of 2011;

L.N. 413 of 2014;

L.N. 20 of 2017;

L.N. 23 of 2018;

L.N. 390 of 2018;

L.N. 229 of 2019;

L.N. 303 of 2021;

L.N. 233 of 2022;

L.N. 106 of 2023;

L.N. 223 of 2023;

L.N. 17 of 2025;

L.N. 190 of 2025;

L.N. 40 of 2026.

1. A professional association means an organization consisting wholly of

health care professionals and which fulfills the following conditions for recognition

(a) all members and officials of the executive committee or similar organ

thereof are elected following fair and regular elections;

(b) it is regulated by a statute which is available to the public in general;

(c) it actively participates in post-graduate education and continuing

professional development;

(d) it has a minimum of fifteen full members registered with the relevant

Council

Provided that in respect of medical practitioners the fifteen full

members have to be registered as specialists with the relevant Council;

(e) it represents any one or more of the specialities listed in the Fifth

Schedule or as may be prescribed;

(f)

with regard to those specialities listed in item A of the Fifth Schedule,

follows the guidelines issued from time to time by the European Union

of Medical Specialists or the Union of European General Practitioners,

as applicable.

2. If a specialist association ceases to fulfil the above criteria, it shall no longer

be entitled to be represented on the Specialist Accreditation Committee.

3. For the purposes of the foregoing provisions of this Part, an association

which wishes to be recognised by the Minister shall make an application to this

effect, in writing, to the Superintendent of Public Health.

4. An association which is recognised shall, not later than the end of the first

quarter of the year reported upon, prepare, and submit to the Superintendent of

Public Health, an annual activity report for the year.

5. For the purposes of the foregoing provision, any professional association

which is in default in submitting an annual activity report to the Superintendent of

Public Health as aforesaid, shall not be entitled to be represented on the relevant

Specialist Accreditation Committee, until such time as it remains in default.

6. The associations listed in Part II shall be deemed to be recognised for the

purposes of this Schedule.

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Part II

- Medical Practitioners

Association of Anaesthesiologists and Intensivists of Malta

Association of Emergency Physicians of Malta

Association of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeons of Malta

Association of Physicians of Malta

Association of Surgeons of Malta

Geriatric Medicine Society of Malta

Malta Association of Ophthalmologists

Malta Association of Public Health Medicine

Malta Association of Gastroenterology

Malta Association for Neurologists and Neurosurgeons

Malta College of Family Doctors

Malta College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Malta College of Pathologists

Maltese Association of Dermatologists and Venereologists

Malta Association of Otorhinolaryngologists-Head and Neck Surgeons and Allied

Specialities

Malta Association of Radiologists and Nuclear Medicine Physicians

Malta Dental Specialist Association

Maltese Association of Psychiatrists

Maltese Cardiac Society

Maltese Paediatric Association

Medical Association of Malta

Dental Surgeons

Dental Association of Malta

Malta College of Dental Surgeons

Pharmacists

Malta Association of Hospital Pharmacists

Malta Chamber of Pharmacists

Nurses and Midwives

Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses

Malta Midwives Association

Maltese Association of Psychiatric Nurses

Maltese Emergency Nurses’ Association

Association of Nurses and Midwives in Advance Practice

Malta Association of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates

Malta Association of Skin and Wound Care (Nurses)

Professions Complementary to Medicine

Association of Podiatrists of Malta

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Association of Speech-Language Pathologists

Malta Association of Dental Hygienists

Malta Association of Medical Physics

Malta Association of Physiotherapists

Malta Dental Technologists Association

Malta Environmental Health Officers Association

Maltese Association of Occupational Therapists

Society of Medical Radiographers

Malta Association of Biomedical Scientists

Malta Association of Audiologists

(1) Health care professionals shall, in the practice of their

profession, be subject to special supervision by the relevant

Council.

(2) For the purposes of this Act, "special supervision" means

the supervision, by the relevant Council, of the professional and

ethical standards as prescribed by the relevant Council established

under this Act, over the respective health care professional.

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

Amended by

III. 2004.32;

(Article 31)

L.N. 206 of 2011;

L.N. 373 of 2011;

Specialist Registers

L.N. 292 of 2015;

L.N. 23 of 2018.

L.N. 59 of 2018;

L.N. 390 of 2018;

L.N. 233 of 2022;

L.N. 140 of 2025.

A.

MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS

The specialities in respect of which the Specialist Accreditation Committee for

medical practitioners shall issue certificates of completion of specialist training shall

be the following

1. Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine

2. Audiology/Phoniatry

3. Baromedicine

4. Cardio-thoracic Surgery

5. Cardiology

6. Chemical Pathology

7. Clinical/Medical Genetics

8. Clinical Neurophysiology

9. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

10. Dermato-Venereology

11. Dermatology

12. Emergency Medicine

13. Endocrinology and Diabetes

14. Family Medicine

15. Forensic Medicine

16. Gastroenterology

17. General/Internal Medicine

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

18. General Surgery

19. Genito-Urinary Medicine

20. Geriatrics

21. Haemotology

22. Histopathology including Cytopathology

23. Immunology

24. Infectious Disease

25. Microbiology/Bacteriology

26. Neonatology

27. Nephrology

28. Neurology

29. Neurosurgery

30. Nuclear Medicine

31. Obstetrics and Gynaecology

32. Occupational Medicine

33. Oncology and radiotherapy

34. Ophthalmology

35. Oral and maxillo-facial surgery

36. Orthopaedic Surgery

37. Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

38. Paediatric Surgery

39. Paediatrics

i.

Community Paediatrics

ii.

Paediatric Cardiology

iii.

Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes

iv.

Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

v.

Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology

vi.

Paediatric Nephrology

vii.

Paediatric Neurology

viii.

Paediatric Oncology

ix.

Paediatric Respiratory Medicine

40. Palliative Medicine

41. Plastic Surgery

42. Psychiatry

43. Public Health Medicine

44. Radiology

45. Rehabilitation Medicine

46. Respiratory Medicine

47. Rheumatology

48. Sports and Exercise Medicine

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS

49. Urology

50. Vascular Surgery

51. Virology

52. Medical Oncology

B.

DENTAL SURGEONS

The specialities in respect of which the Specialist Accreditation Committee for

dental surgeons shall issue certificates of completion of specialist training shall be

the following

1. Oral Surgery

2. Orthodontics

C.

NURSES

The specialities in respect of which the Specialist Accreditation

Committee for nurses shall issue certificates of completion of specialist training

shall be the following

1. Accident and Emergency

2. Anaesthesia and Pain Management

3. Critical and intensive care

4. Forensic

5. Genetics

6. Geriatrics

7. Infection Control

8. Intellectual disability

Medicine *

9.

10. Nuclear Medical Imaging

11. Oncology

12. Palliative

13. Paediatrics

14. Primary and community health

15. Public Health

16. Psychiatry

17. Rehabilitation

18. Surgery*

*to include sub-specialities as directed by the Specialist Accreditation Committee

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D.

MIDWIVES

The specialities in respect of which the Specialist Accreditation

Committee for midwives shall issue certificates of completion of specialist

training shall be the following

1. Neonatal

2. Obstetrics

3. Perinatal mental health

4. Primary and community care

5. Public health

6. Reproductive health

(1) The procedure and other rules relating to Councils set

out in the First Schedule shall apply to and be followed by the

Medical Council, the Pharmacy Council, the Councils for Nurses

and Midwives and the Council for the Professions Complementary

to Medicine and by each of the Specialist Accreditation

Committees.

(2) Where not otherwise provided in the First Schedule or in

the Rules of Procedure that may be prescribed, each of the Councils

and Committees referred to in sub-article (1) may regulate its own

procedures.

PART II

MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS AND DENTAL SURGEONS

Added by

L.N. 27 of 2008.

(Article 43)

Amended by

XXXIV. 2016.30;

L.N. 219 of 2022;

L.N. 57 of 2025.

Acquired rights

1. The provision of article 43 shall apply to evidence of formal qualifications

as doctor giving access to the professional activities of doctor with basic training

and specialised doctor, as nurse responsible for general care, as dental practitioner,

as specialised dental practitioner, as midwife and as pharmacist, obtained in the

territory of the former German Democratic Republic, which does not satisfy all the

minimum training requirements laid down under national law if such evidence

certifies successful completion of training which began before

(a) 3 October 1990 for doctors with basic training, nurses responsible for

general care, dental practitioners with basic training, specialised dental

practitioners, midwives and pharmacists, and

(b) 3 April 1992 for specialised doctors.

(2) The evidence of formal qualifications referred to in the preceding article

confers on the holder the right to pursue professional activities throughout German

territory under the same conditions as evidence of formal qualifications issued by

the competent German authorities referred to in Second Schedule.

(3) Without prejudice to the provisions of article 37(1), each relevant Council

shall recognise evidence of formal qualifications as doctor giving access to the

professional activities of doctor with basic training and specialised doctor, as nurse

responsible for general care, as midwife, as pharmacist held by nationals of Member

States and issued by the former Czechoslovakia, or whose training commenced, for

the Czech Republic and Slovakia, before 1 January 1993, where the authorities of

either of the two aforementioned Member States attest that such evidence of formal

qualifications has the same legal validity within their territory as the evidence of

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formal qualifications which they issue and, as regards access to the professional

activities of doctor with basic training, specialised doctor, nurse responsible for

general care, midwife and pharmacist with respect to the activities referred to in

Article 45(2), and the pursuit of such activities. Such an attestation must be

accompanied by a certificate issued by those same authorities stating that such

persons have effectively and lawfully been engaged in the activities in question

within their territory for at least three consecutive years during the five years prior to

the date of issue of the certificate.

(4) Each relevant Council shall recognise evidence of formal qualifications as

doctor giving access to the professional activities of doctor with basic training and

specialised doctor, as nurse responsible for general care, as dental practitioner, as

specialised dental practitioner, as midwife and as pharmacist held by nationals of the

M e m b e r St a t e s a nd i s s u e d by th e fo r me r S ov ie t Un io n , o r wh os e training

commenced -

(i) for Estonia, before 20 August 1991,

(ii) for Latvia, before 21 August 1991,

(iii) for Lithuania, before 11 March 1990,

where the authorities of any of the three aforementioned Member States attest that

such evidence has the same legal validity within their territory as the evidence which

they issue and, as regards access to the professional activities of doctor with basic

training, specialised doctor, nurse responsible for general care, dental practitioner,

specialised dental practitioner, midwife, pharmacist with respect to the activities

referred to in article 45(2), and the pursuit of such activities. Such an attestation

must be accompanied by a certificate issued by those same authorities stating that

such persons have effectively and lawfully been engaged in the activities in question

within their territory for at least three consecutive years during the five years prior to

the date of issue of the certificate.

(5) Each Member State shall recognise evidence of formal qualifications as

doctor giving access to the professional activities of doctor with basic training and

specialised doctor, as nurse responsible for general care, as dental practitioner, as

specialised dental practitioner, as midwife and as pharmacist held by nationals of the

Member States and issued by the former Yugoslavia, or whose training commenced,

for Slovenia, before 25 June 1991, and for Croatia, before the 8 October 1991, where

the authorities of the aforementioned Member State attest that such evidence has the

same legal validity within their territory as the evidence which they issue and, as

regards access to the professional activities of doctor with basic training, specialised

doctor, nurse responsible for general care, dental practitioner, specialised dental

practitioner, midwife, and pharmacist with respect to the activities referred to in

article 45(2), and the pursuit of such activities. Such an attestation must be

accompanied by a certificate issued by those same authorities stating that such

persons have effectively and lawfully been engaged in the activities in question

within their territory for at least three consecutive years during the five years prior to

the date of issue of the certificate.

(6) Each relevant Council shall recognise as sufficient proof for Member State

nationals whose evidence of formal qualifications as a doctor, nurse responsible for

general care, dental practitioner, midwife and pharmacist does not correspond to the

titles given for that Member State in the Second Schedule, evidence of formal

qualifications issued by those Member States accompanied by a certificate issued by

the competent authorities or bodies.

(7) The certificate referred to in the preceding sub-article shall state that the

evidence of formal qualifications certifies successful completion of training in

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accordance with Articles 24, 25, 28, 31, 34, 35, 38, 40 and 44 of Directive 2005/36

respectively and is treated by the Member State which issued it in the same way as

the qualifications whose titles are listed in the Second Schedule.

(8) (a) The Medical Council may require of specialised doctors whose part-time

specialist medical training was governed by legislative, regulatory and

administrative provisions in force as of 20 June 1975 and who began their specialist

training no later than 31 December 1983 that their evidence of formal qualifications

be accompanied by a certificate stating that they have been effectively and lawfully

engaged in the relevant activities for at least three consecutive years during the five

years preceding the award of that certificate.

(b) The Medical Council shall recognise the qualification of specialised doctors

awarded in Spain to doctors who completed their specialist training before 1 January

1995, even if that training does not satisfy the minimum training requirements

provided for in Directive 2005/36 EC, in so far as that qualification is accompanied

by a certificate issued by the competent Spanish authorities and attesting that the

person concerned has passed the examination in specific professional competence

held in the context of exceptional measures concerning recognition laid down in

Royal Decree 1497/99, with a view to ascertaining that the person concerned

possesses a level of knowledge and skill comparable to that of doctors who possess a

qualification as a specialised doctor defined for Spain in Part Ia and Ib the Second

Schedule.

(c) The Medical Council shall recognise the qualifications of specialised

doctors awarded in Italy, and listed in parts 1b and 1c of Schedule 2, to doctors who

started their specialist training after 31 December 1983 and before 1 January 1991,

even if the training concerned does not satisfy all the training requirements set out in

Directive 2005/36 EC, in so far as the qualification is accompanied by a certificate

issued by the competent Italian authorities stating that the doctor concerned has

effectively and lawfully been engaged, in Italy, in the activities of a medical

specialist in the same specialist area concerned, for at least seven consecutive years

during the ten years preceding the award of the certificate.

Acquired rights specific to nurses.

(a) Where the general rules of acquired rights apply to nurses responsible

for general care, the activities referred to in Article 23 of Directive

2005/36 EC must have included full responsibility for the planning,

organisation and administration of nursing care delivered to the patient.

(b) The relevant Council shall recognise evidence of formal qualifications

in nursing that

(i)

were awarded in Poland, to nurses who completed training before

1 May 2004, which did not comply with the minimum training

requirements laid down in Article 31 of Directive 2005/36/EC;

and

(ii) are attested by the diploma ‘bachelor’ which was obtained on the

basis of a special upgrading programme contained in

- Article 11 of the Act of 20 April 2004 on the amendment of

the Act on professions of nurse and midwife and on some

other legal acts (Official Journal of the Republic of Poland of

2004 No. 92, pos. 885 and of 2007, No. 176, pos. 1237) and

the Regulation of the Minister of Health of 11 May 2004 on

the detailed conditions of delivering studies for nurses and

midwives, who hold a certificate of secondary school (final

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examination - ‘matura’) and are graduates of medical lyceum

and medical vocational schools teaching in a profession of a

nurse and a midwife (Official Journal of the Republic of

Poland of 2004 No. 110, pos. 1170 and of 2010 No. 65, pos.

420); or

Article 52.3 point 2 of the Act of 15 July 2011 on professions

of nurse and midwife (Official Journal of the Republic of

Poland of 2011 No. 174, pos. 1039) and the Regulation of the

Minister of Health of 14 June 2012 on the detailed conditions

of delivering higher education courses for nurses and

midwives who hold a certificate of secondary school (final

examination - ‘matura’) and are graduates of a medical

secondary school or a post-secondary school teaching in a

profession of a nurse and a midwife (Official Journal of the

Republic of Poland of 2012, pos. 770), for the purpose of

verifying that the nurse concerned has a level of knowledge

and competence comparable to that of nurses holding the

qualifications listed for Poland in the Second Schedule.

As regards the Romanian qualification of nurse responsible for general

care, only the following acquired rights provisions shall apply: in the

case of nationals of Member States who were trained as a nurse

responsible for general care in Romania and whose training does not

satisfy the minimum training requirements laid down in Article 31

Directive 2005/36/EC, the relevant Council shall recognise the

following evidence of formal qualifications as a nurse responsible for

general care as being sufficient proof, provided that that evidence is

accompanied by a certificate stating that those Member State nationals

have effectively and lawfully been engaged in the activities of a nurse

responsible for general care in Romania, including taking full

responsibility for the planning, organisation and carrying out of the

nursing care of patients, for a period of at least three consecutive years

during the five years prior to the date of issue of the certificate

(i)

Certificat de competenþe profesionale de asistent medical

generalist with post-secondary education obtained from a școală

postliceală, attesting to training started before 1 January 2007;

(ii) Diplomă de absolvire de asistent medical generalist with short-

time higher education studies, attesting to training started before

1 October 2003;

(iii) Diplomă de licență de asistent medical generalist with long-time

higher education studies, attesting to training started before 1

October 2003.

Acquired rights specific to nurses responsible for general care trained in Romania.

1. As regards the Romanian qualification as a nurse responsible for general

care, only the provisions on acquired rights laid down in paragraph 2 shall apply.

2. In the case of nationals of Member States who were trained as a nurse

responsible for general care in Romania and whose training does not satisfy the

minimum training requirements laid down in Article 31 of Directive 2005/36/EC of

the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition

of professional qualifications, Member States shall recognise as sufficient proof

(a) any of the following evidence of formal qualification as a nurse

responsible for general care, provided that such evidence is

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accompanied by a certificate stating that those Member State nationals

have effectively and lawfully been engaged in the activities of a nurse

responsible for general care in Romania, including taking full

responsibility for the planning, organisation and carrying out of the

nursing care of patients, for a period of at least three (3) consecutive

years during the five (5) years prior to the date of issue of the

certificate

(i)

Certificat de competențe profesionale de asistent

medical generalist with post-secondary education obtained from a

școală postliceală, attesting to training that started before 1 January

2007;

(ii)

Diplomă de absolvire de asistent medical generalist

with short-term higher education studies, attesting to training that

started before 1st October 2003; or

(iii) Diplomă de licență de asistent medical generalist with

long-term higher education studies, attesting to training that started

before 1st October 2003;

(b) any of the evidence of formal qualification listed in sub-paragraphs (ii)

and (iii) of paragraph (a), provided that such evidence is accompanied

by the following evidence of formal qualification obtained on the basis

of a special upgrading programme

(i)

Diplomă de licenţă referred to in Article 3(2) of Joint

Order of the Minister of National Education and of the Minister of

Health No 4317/943/2014 of 11 August 2014 on the approval of the

special upgrading programme for the initial training of nurse

responsible for general care acquired prior to 1 January 2007 for

graduates of post-secondary education and higher education

(Official Journal of Romania No 624 of 26 August 2014),

accompanied by a Diploma Supplement stating that the student has

completed the special upgrading programme; or

(c) any of the evidence of formal qualifications of post-secondary level

listed under Article 4 of the Order of the Minister of National Education

No 5114/2014 on the approval of the methodology for organising,

conducting and completing the special upgrading programme for the

initial training of a nurse responsible for general care acquired prior to 1

January 2007 for graduates of post-secondary education (Official

Journal of Romania No 5 of 6 January 2015), provided that such

evidence is accompanied by the following evidence of formal

qualification obtained on the basis of a special upgrading programme

(i)

Certificat

de

revalorizare

a

competenţelor

profesionale referred to in Article 3(1) and in Annex 3 to the Joint

Order of the Minister of National Education and of the Minister of

Health No 4317/943/2014 and in Article 16 of the Order of the

Minister of National Education No 5114/2014.

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Validity of rights acquired before 3 March 2024.

Host Member States shall guarantee the validity of the recognition of the

Romanian qualification as a nurse responsible for general care granted pursuant to

Articles 10 to 14 of the Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the

Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications before

3 March 2024 in the case of nationals of Member States who were trained as a nurse

responsible for general care in Romania and did not meet the requirements of

(a)

Article 33a of Directive 2005/36/EC of the European

Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of

professional qualifications in the version in force on 1 January 2007; or

(b)

Article 33a of Directive 2005/36/EC of the European

Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of

professional qualifications, as amended by Directive 2013/55/EU of the

European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 amending

Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications and

Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 on administrative cooperation through the

Internal Market Information System ("the IMI Regulation").

Acquired rights specific to dental practitioners.

1. (a) The Medical Council shall, for the purposes of the pursuit of the

professional activities of dental practitioners under the qualifications listed in Part

IIA of the Second Schedule, recognise evidence of formal qualifications as a doctor

issued in Italy, Spain, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania to persons

who began their medical training on or before the reference date stated in that Annex

for the Member State concerned, accompanied by a certificate issued by the

competent authorities of that Member State.

The certificate must show that the two following conditions are met

(i)

that the persons in question have been effectively, lawfully and

principally engaged in that Member State in the activities referred to in

Article 36 of the aforementioned Directive for at least three consecutive

years during the five years preceding the award of the certificate;

(ii) that those persons are authorised to pursue the said activities under the

same conditions as holders of evidence of formal qualifications listed

for that Member State in Part II a of the Second Schedule

Provided that persons who have successfully completed at least three years of

study, certified by the competent authorities in the Member State concerned as being

equivalent to the training referred to in Article 34 of the Professional Qualifications

Directive, shall be exempt from the three-year practical work experience referred to

in the sub-paragraph (i) above.

(b) With regard to the Czech Republic and Slovakia, evidence of formal

qualifications obtained in the former Czechoslovakia shall be accorded the same

level of recognition as Czech and Slovak evidence of formal qualifications and

under the same conditions as set out in the preceding sub-paragraphs.

(c) The Medical Council shall recognise evidence of formal qualifications as a

doctor issued in Italy to persons who began their university medical training after 28

January 1980 and no later than 31 December 1984, accompanied by a certificate

issued by the competent Italian authorities.

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(d)

The certificate must show that the three following conditions are met

(i)

that the persons in question passed the relevant aptitude test held by the

competent Italian authorities with a view to establishing that those

persons possess a level of knowledge and skills comparable to that of

persons possessing evidence of formal qualifications listed for Italy in

Part II a of the Second Schedule;

(ii) that they have been effectively, lawfully and principally engaged in the

activities referred to in Article 36 of the aforementioned Directive in

Italy for at least three consecutive years during the five years preceding

the award of the certificate;

(iii) that they are authorised to engage in or are effectively, lawfully and

principally engaged in the activities referred to in Article 36 of the

Professional Qualifications Directive, under the same conditions as the

holders of evidence of formal qualifications listed for Italy in Part II a

of the Second Schedule

Provided that persons who have completed at least three years of study certified

by competent authorities as being equivalent to the training referred to in Article 34

of the Professional Qualifications Directive shall be exempt from the aptitude test

and those persons who have began their university medical training after the 31st

December, 1984 shall be treated the same way provided that the three years of study

began before 31 December 1994.

(e)

(i) The Medical Council shall recognise, from the date of accession of

Romania, and for the carrying out of the activities of dental practitioner,

the diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications in

medicine awarded in Romania to persons who began their university

training before 1 October, 2003, accompanied by a certificate issued by

the competent Romanian authorities certifying that these persons have

effectively, lawfully and principally been engaged in Romania in the

activities specified under this Act for at least three consecutive years

during the five years prior to the issue of the certificate and that these

persons are authorised to carry out these activities under the same

conditions as holders of the diploma referred to in the Second Schedule

to this Act.

(ii) However the requirement of three years experience shall be waived in

the case of persons who have successfully completed at least three years

of study which are certified by the competent authorities as being

equivalent to the training referred to in Article 1 of Directive 78/687/

EEC.

(f)

As regards evidence of formal qualifications of dental practitioners, the

relevant Council shall recognise such evidence pursuant to Article 21 of Directive

2005/36/EC in cases where the applicants began their training on or before 18

January 2016.

(g) The relevant Council shall recognise evidence of formal qualifications as a

doctor issued in Spain to professionals who began their university medical training

between 1 January 1986 and 31 December 1997, accompanied by a certificate issued

by the Spanish competent authorities, provided the certificate confirms that the

following conditions have been met

(i)

the professional in question has successfully completed at least

three years of study, certified by the Spanish competent

authorities as being equivalent to the training referred to in

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Article 34 of Directive 2005/36 EC;

(ii) the professional in question was effectively, lawfully and

principally engaged in the activities referred to in Article 36 of

Directive 2005/36 EC in Spain for at least three consecutive years

during the five years preceding the award of the certificate;

(iii) the professional in question is authorised to engage in or is

effectively, lawfully and principally engaged in the activities

referred to in Article 36 of Directive 2005/36 EC, under the same

conditions as the holders of evidence of formal qualifications

listed for Spain in Part IIa of the Second Schedule.

Acquired rights specific to midwives.

1. (a) The relevant Council shall, in the case of nationals of Member States

whose evidence of formal qualifications as a midwife satisfies all the minimum

training requirements laid down in Article 40 of Directive 2005/36EC but, by virtue

of Article 41 of the same Directive, is not recognised unless it is accompanied by a

certificate of professional practice referred to in Article 41(2) of that Directive,

recognise as sufficient proof evidence of formal qualifications issued by those

Member States before the reference date referred to in Part IV of the Second

Schedule, accompanied by a certificate stating that those nationals have been

effectively and lawfully engaged in the activities in question for at least two

consecutive years during the five years preceding the award of the certificate.

(b) The conditions laid down in the preceding sub-paragraph shall apply to the

nationals of Member States whose evidence of formal qualifications as a midwife

certifies completion of training received in the territory of the former German

Democratic Republic and satisfying all the minimum training requirements laid

down in Article 40 of Directive 2005/36 EC but where the evidence of formal

qualifications, by virtue of Article 41 of Directive 2005/36 EC, is not recognised

unless it is accompanied by the certificate of professional experience referred to in

Article 41(2) of Directive 2005/36 EC, where it attests a course of training which

began before 3 October 1990.

(c) As regards evidence of formal qualifications of midwives, the relevant

Council shall recognise automatically those qualifications where the applicant

started the training before 18 January 2016, and the admission requirement for such

training was 10 years of general education or an equivalent level for route I, or

completed training as a nurse responsible for general care as attested by evidence of

formal qualification referred to in Part V of the Second Schedule before starting a

midwifery training falling under route II.

(d) The relevant Council shall recognise evidence of formal qualifications in

midwifery that

(i)

were awarded in Poland, to midwives who completed training before 1

May 2004, which did not comply with the minimum training

requirements laid down in Article 40 of Directive 2005/36 EC; and

(ii) are attested by the diploma ‘bachelor’ which was obtained on the basis

of a special upgrading programme contained in

-

Article 11 of the Act of 20 April 2004 on the amendment of the

Act on professions of nurse and midwife and on some other legal

acts (Official Journal of the Republic of Poland of 2004 No. 92,

pos. 885 and of 2007 No. 176, pos. 1237) and the Regulation of

the Minister of Health of 11 May 2004 on the detailed conditions

of delivering studies for nurses and midwives, who hold a

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certificate of secondary school (final examination - ‘matura’) and

are graduates of medical lyceum and medical vocational schools

teaching in a profession of a nurse and a midwife (Official

Journal of the Republic of Poland of 2004 No. 110, pos. 1170 and

of 2010 No. 65, pos. 420); or

-

Article 53.3 point 3 of the Act of 15 July 2011 on professions of

nurse and midwife (Official Journal of the Republic of Poland of

2011 No. 174, pos. 1039) and the Regulation of the Minister of

Health of 14 June 2012 on the detailed conditions of delivering

higher education courses for nurses and midwives who hold a

certificate of secondary school (final examination - ‘matura’) and

are graduates of a medical secondary school or a post-secondary

school teaching in a profession of a nurse and a midwife (Official

Journal of the Republic of Poland of 2012, pos. 770), for the

purpose of verifying that the midwife concerned has a level of

knowledge and competence comparable to that of midwives

holding the qualifications listed for Poland in part IV of the

Second Schedule.

(e) The Council shall recognise evidence of formal qualifications in midwifery

awarded in Poland, to midwives who completed training before 1 May 2004, which

did not comply with the minimum training requirements laid down in Article 40 of

the Professional Qualifications Directive, attested by the diploma "bachelor" which

has been obtained on the basis of a special upgrading programme contained in

Article 11 of the Act of 20 April 2004 on the amendment of the Act on professions of

nurse and midwife and on some other legal acts (Official Journal of the Republic of

Poland of 30 April 2004 No 92, pos. 885), and the Regulation of the Minister of

Health of 11 May 2004 on the detailed conditions of delivering studies for nurses

and midwives, who hold a certificate of secondary school (final examination -

matura) and are graduates of medical lyceum and medical vocational schools

teaching in a profession of a nurse and a midwife (Official Journal of the Republic of

Poland of 13 May 2004 No 110, pos 1170), with the aim of verifying that the person

concerned has a level of knowledge and competence comparable to that of midwives

holding the qualifications which, in the case of Poland, are defined in Part IV of the

Second Schedule.

(2) In the case of nationals of Member States whose evidence of formal

qualifications as a midwife (asistent medical obstetrica-ginecologie/obstetrics-

gynaecology nurse) were awarded by Romania before the date of accession and

which do not satisfy the minimum training requirements laid down by Article 40 of

the Professional Qualifications Directive, the Council shall recognise the said

evidence of formal qualifications as being sufficient proof for the purposes of

carrying out the activities of midwife, if they are accompanied by a certificate

stating that those Member State nationals have effectively and lawfully been

engaged in the activities of midwife in Romania, for at least five consecutive years

during the seven years prior to the issue of the certificate.

(1) No person shall practise as a medical practitioner

unless he holds a licence for that purpose issued by the President of

Malta.

(2) No person shall qualify for a licence to practice as a

medical practitioner unless -

(a) he is a citizen of Malta or of a Member State or is

otherwise legally entitled or authorised to work in

Malta;

(b) he is of good conduct; and

(c) his name is entered in the Medical Register, in

accordance with article 11.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-article (1), a person

who has qualified for the degree of Doctor of medicine and surgery

of the University of Malta, or a person who is so required to do in

virtue of the provisions of article 11(1)(c), may practise as a house

physician and, or surgeon in a government hospital or other

hospital recognized for such purpose by the Medical Council, and

in the performance of the duties assigned to him in that capacity

such person shall, for all purposes of law, be deemed to be a

medical practitioner.

(4) In regard to any person exercising the medical profession as

provided in sub-article (3), the functions of the Medical Council

under article 32 shall include the power to inflict any penalty

applicable to medical practitioners and to order that such person

shall not practise the medical profession even as a house physician

an d, o r su rg eon in a g ove rnm en t h ospi tal or o ther h ospi tal

recognized by the Medical Council for the purpose, and that his

name shall not be entered in the Medical Register; and where any

such order has been made, it shall, for the purposes of this Act,

have effect as if the name of such person had been erased from the

said Register.

Added by

L.N. 27 of 2008.

(Article 42)

Amended by

XXXIV. 2016.31.

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The documents and certificates which a relevant Council may request are the

(a) proof of the nationality of the person concerned;

(b) copies of the attestations of professional competence or of the evidence

of formal qualifications giving access to the profession in question, and

an attestation of the professional experience of the person concerned

where applicable;

(c) information concerning the training to the extent necessary in order to

determine the existence of potential substantial differences with the

required national training, as laid down by this Act. Where it is

impossible for the applicant to provide this information, the relevant

Council shall address the competent authority or any other relevant

body in the home Member State;

(d)

(i)

where the relevant Council requires of persons wishing to take up

a regulated profession proof that they are of good character or

repute or that they have not been declared bankrupt, or suspends

or prohibits the pursuit of that profession in the event of serious

professional misconduct or a criminal offence, that Council shall

accept as sufficient evidence, in respect of nationals of Member

States wishing to pursue that profession in its territory, the

production of documents issued by competent authorities in the

home Member State or the Member State from which the foreign

national comes, showing that those requirements are met. Those

authorities must provide the documents required within a period

of two months;

(ii) where the competent authorities of the home Member State or of

the Member State from which the foreign national comes do not

issue the documents referred to in the first sub-paragraph, such

documents shall be replaced by a declaration on oath or, in States

where there is no provision for declaration on oath, by a solemn

declaration - made by the person concerned before a competent

judicial or administrative authority or, where appropriate, a notary

or qualified professional body of the home Member State or the

Member State from which the person comes; such authority or

notary shall issue a certificate attesting the authenticity of the

declaration on oath or solemn declaration;

(e) where the relevant Council requires of its own nationals wishing to take

up a regulated profession, a document relating to the physical or mental

health of the applicant, that Council shall accept as sufficient evidence

thereof the presentation of the document required in the home Member

State. Where the home Member State does not issue such a document,

the Council shall accept a certificate issued by a competent authority in

that State. In that case, the competent authorities of the home Member

State must provide the document required within a period of two

months;

(f)

the relevant Councils may prescribe that, in addition to evidence of

formal qualifications, the person who satisfies the conditions of training

required must provide a certificate from the competent authorities of his

home Member State stating that this evidence of formal qualifications is

that covered herein;

(g) where the relevant Council so requires for its own nationals, an

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attestation confirming the absence of temporary or final suspensions

from exercising the profession or of criminal convictions.

(1) No person shall practise as a dental surgeon unless he

holds a licence for that purpose issued by the President of Malta.

(2) No person shall qualify for a licence to practise as a dental

surgeon unless -

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(a) he is a citizen of Malta or of a Member State or is

otherwise legally entitled or authorised to work in

Malta;

(b) he is of good conduct; and

(c) his name is entered in the Register of Dental Surgeons

referred to in article 12.

There shall be a Council to be called the Medical Council,

which shall consist of the following members

(a) a President appointed by the Prime Minister, from

among legal practitioners;

(b) one licensed medical practitioner appointed by the

Prime Minister;

(c) one licensed medical practitioner appointed by the

University of Malta;

(d) one licensed dental surgeon appointed by the Prime

Minister;

(e) five licensed medical practitioners elected from

amongst and by all medical practitioners, at least one

of whom must be a hospital-based specialist and

another a general practitioner;

(f)

two licensed dental surgeons elected from amongst and

by all dental surgeons; and

(g) two persons from amongst the general public, who are

not health care professionals, appointed by the Prime

Minister.

(1) The functions of the Medical Council shall be

(a) to recommend to the President of Malta the granting of

licences to medical practitioners and dental surgeons

to practise their profession;

(b) to recommend to the President of Malta the withdrawal

of licences in respect of any medical practitioner or

dental surgeon, in accordance with Part VII of this

Act;

(c) to keep, publish and update registers in respect of the

medical and dental professions, and specialist registers

of the medical and dental professions as may be

prescribed;

(d) to prescribe and maintain professional and ethical

standards for the medical and dental professions;

(e) to inform the Member State of origin or the Member

State from which a foreign national comes, of any

serious matter which occurred outside their territory,

prior to the establishment of that person in Malta and

which is likely to effect the taking up of the activity of

any of the professions regulated by it in Malta;

(f)

to verify the accuracy of facts communicated to it by

other Member States, determine the nature and extent

of any investigation to be made pursuant thereto, and

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to inform such Member States of any action taken with

regards to any certificates or documents issued by

them;

(g) to ensure the confidentiality of information fowarded

to other Member States;

(h) to forward to any Member State concerned all

information regarding measures taken in respect of

healthcare professional as well as regarding any

criminal penalty imposed on such professionals;

(i)

to levy such fees, from its registered medical

practitioners and dental surgeons, for initial

registration and yearly retention fees thereafter, as may

be prescribed in consultation with those associations

representing the majority of medical practitioners and

dental surgeons respectively, and any other body

which is deemed appropriate by the Council;

(j)

at the request of the Minister, or otherwise, to advise

the Minister on any matter affecting the medical and

dental professions;

(k) to perform any other function that may be assigned to

it by this Act or any other law.

(2) The Medical Council may set up committees for the

purpose of enforcing professional and ethical standards applicable

to the health care professions regulated by it and generally in order

to better perform its functions.

(3) Subject to any rules made for it by the Medical Council or

to any rule that may be prescribed, any committee established

under sub-article (2) may regulate its own procedure.

(4) The Medical Council shall publish an annual activity

report, not later than the end of the first quarter of the year

following the end of the year reported upon, containing a statement

of the activities carried out or pursued by the Council during the

year.