Paramedical Professions

Regulated Medical Professions

(This list is not exhaustive and is provided for guidance only)

• Care assistant, hearing-aid maker, dental hygienist, specialist nurse, laboratory assistant, chiropodist, dental prosthetist, dietetic and nutritional technician, medical laboratory technician, pathological anatomy and cytology laboratory technician, NMR technician, radiotherapy technician.

This list does not mean that there are not other, non-regulated, paramedical professions in Spain; it merely refers to some professions for which regulations exist.

How to proceed

Applications for recognition must be sent to the competent authority in Spain for the regulated profession you wish to practise there.

For further information on your profession in the different Member States, contact the appropriate professional association at European or national level.

Supporting documents

Contact the appropriate authority for a list of precisely which documents are required. As an indication, you will probably be expected to provide: a document proving that you have the nationality of a Member State, the diploma(s) certifying that you are qualified to practise the same profession in the Member State from which you come, and a certificate indicating the length and the content of your training.

If that profession is not regulated in the Member State from which you come, you will also have to provide proof that you have practised the profession for at least two of the previous ten years.

In case of doubt, you will be asked to provide a certificate (drawn up by a competent authority in your country) attesting that you are qualified to carry on the same profession there.

Translation and Charges

You will be required to produce the originals (with copies) or copies authenticated by a Spanish consular establishment in your country or by any other competent authority there. You will also be required to provide official translations of these documents into Spanish.

Last updated 08/08

Source: European Union
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