Licence to practise as a healthcare professional - apply

Required documents for a licence to practise

When applying for a licence to practise as a licensed health care professional or specialist, an application form must be filled out, printed and signed.
All documents must be submitted in Icelandic or English. Documents in other languages must be translated by a certified document translator. Both the translation and the translated document must be submitted.
It is important to consider which documents are required, taking into account both citizenship and country of study. Note that in some cases, additional documents may be requested.

A diploma with information on name and date of birth.
Copy of your License to practice (if available).
A Letter of Good Standing from a competent authority confirming that your license to practice has not been suspended or revoked and that the license is valid and unrestricted. The Letter of Good Standing has to have been issued less than three months before being received by The Directorate of Health.
A Letter of Conformity from a competent authority in the country where the diploma was issued. The certificate must confirm that the applicant's education meets the requirements of Directive 2005/36/EC, with reference to the appropriate article for the relevant profession.

A diploma with information on name and date of birth.
Copy of your License to practice (if available).
A Letter of Good Standing from a competent authority confirming that your license to practice has not been suspended or revoked and that the license is valid and unrestricted. The Letter of Good Standing has to have been issued less than three months before being received by The Directorate of Health.
A certificate from a competent authority which states the level of the applicant's education under Article 11 of Directive 2005/36/EC. This only applies if the profession in question is registered in the country of study. Information about competent authorities.
Detailed information about your studies. List of courses that the applicant has completed with information on units, duration, number of clinical sessions, competence criteria and detailed course descriptions. It must be confirmed that the course descriptions apply to the applicant and that they apply to the years that the applicant studied. For example, if you studied in 2019-2024, the course descriptions must apply to those years. Note that the office does not retrieve data through links.
A signed certificate of professional competence. With information on the job title, the main tasks and the job duration. Optional but could be useful.

A diploma with information on name and date of birth.
Copy of your License to practice.
A Letter of Good Standing from a competent authority confirming that your license to practice has not been suspended or revoked and that the license is valid and unrestricted. The Letter of Good Standing has to have been issued less than three months before being received by The Directorate of Health.
Detailed information about your studies. List of courses that the applicant has completed with information on units, duration, number of clinical sessions, competence criteria and detailed course descriptions. It must be confirmed that the course descriptions apply to the applicant and that they apply to the years that the applicant studied. For example, if you studied in 2019-2024, the course descriptions must apply to those years. Note that the office does not retrieve data through links.
A signed certificate of professional competence. With information on the job title, the main tasks and the job duration. Optional but could be useful.

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