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What do you need to know?
Professionals who have an official professional training qualification in the healthcare field, obtained in Catalonia and who wish to practice in the European Union (or included within the European Economic Area), must request the accreditation of these qualifications from the General Directorate of Health Professionals, of the Department of Health.
Professionals who have an official professional training qualification in the healthcare field, obtained in countries of the European Union (or countries included in the European Economic Area), must request the recognition of these qualifications in order to practice in Catalonia, before the General Directorate of Health Professionals, of the Department of Health.
You can only do this procedure online. Documentation you provide through another channel will not be taken into account or counted for the purposes of the submission date.
Specific forms have been created for the applications and/or communications of this procedure, and their use is mandatory. You can download them from this same page and you must always download the latest published version. If you submit the application and/or communication using other forms, these will be considered not submitted.
Authority responsible
- To professionals with official professional training qualifications in the healthcare field obtained in Catalonia who wish to practice in the European Union (or included within the European Economic Area).
- To professionals with official professional training qualifications in the healthcare field obtained in European Union countries (or countries included in the European Economic Area), to be able to practice in Catalonia.
These professionals/associates/natural persons who carry out economic, professional activity, individual or self-employed entrepreneurs are obliged to interact through electronic means with the Public Administrations to carry out any formality of an administrative procedure according to article 14.2 of Law 39/2015, of October 1 (BOE no. 236, of October 2, 2015) and ORDER PDA/20/2019, of February 14 (DOGC no. 7814, of February 20).
You can submit the application for accreditation of your degree at any time.
This procedure accredits the qualification obtained in Spain to be able to request professional recognition in another member state of the European Union or signatory to the Agreement on the European Economic Area for the purposes of being able to practice the profession in that country.
Documentation that must be attached with the accreditation application:
- Photocopy of the official professional title.
In the event that at the time of requesting accreditation you do not yet have the title :
Documentation that must be attached with the accreditation application:
- Proof of the application for the academic title.
- Proof of payment of the corresponding academic fee.
- Certificate of qualifications.
There are no fees associated with this procedure.
The accreditation resolution will be issued in Catalan, but if you want it in Spanish you must check the box corresponding to this language option in the accreditation application form.
Professional health training qualifications that can be accredited :
Mid-level technician :
- Nursing Assistants
- Health Emergencies
- Pharmacy and Parapharmacy
Higher level technician:
- Pathological Anatomy and Cytodiagnosis
- Prosthetic Audiology
- Dietetics
- Healthcare Documentation and Administration
- Oral Hygiene
- Imaging for Diagnostics and Nuclear Medicine
- Clinical and Biomedical Laboratory
- Orthoprosthesis and Support Products
- Dental Prostheses
- Radiotherapy and Dosimetry
- Technician or higher technician in environmental health (it is a qualification that is accepted until June 2023)
Countries where the accreditation will be valid:
Member States of the European Union (EU): Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Cyprus.
Or from the European Economic Area (EEA): Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.
More information about these degrees:
- Nursing assistant technician
- Emergency medical technician
- Pharmacy and parapharmacy technician
- Technician or senior technician in pathological anatomy and cytodiagnosis
- Technician or superior technician in prosthetic audiology
- Dietetic technician or senior technician
- Technician or senior technician in health documentation and administration
- Technician or superior technician in oral hygiene
- Technician or senior technician in imaging for diagnosis and nuclear medicine
- Technician or senior technician in clinical and biomedical laboratory
- Technician or superior technician in orthotics and support products
- Technician or superior technician in dental prostheses
- Technician or senior technician in radiotherapy and dosimetry
- Technician or senior technician in environmental health
Steps to follow
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Step one
Request accreditation
You can only do this procedure online.
You must identify yourself when you send the form with the idCAT Mòbil or a digital certificate if you are the owner, or with a digital representation certificate if you are the representative.
By Internet
Application for accreditation of official health professional training qualifications obtained in Catalonia to be able to practice in countries of the European Union (or included within the European Economic Area) (HTML form)
Start . Go to Application for accreditation of official health professional training qualifications obtained in Catalonia to be able to practice in countries of the European Union (or included within the European Economic Area) (HTML form)How should the procedure be carried out?
The form is filled out online, without having to download it.
- Fill out the form and attach the documentation indicated. To add the attached documentation, click on the Attach button and search for the corresponding document on your computer.
- The attachment name cannot contain spaces, hyphens, accents, or umlauts.
- Submit the form. If you are missing mandatory data or if any data is incorrect, you will see an error message when submitting and the fields you need to review will be highlighted.
- The form requires a signature with a digital certificate of representation or legal entity. You can consult the page How to digitally sign an HTML form .
If in doubt, you can consult the Forms section that are filled out on the Tràmits gencat website.
Confirm the transaction carried out
If the application has been sent correctly, the acknowledgement of receipt will appear on the screen (you will need Adobe Acrobat to open it). It is important that you save it, as this document contains the entry record, which is the date on which this procedure was initiated and may be important in certain calculations and deadlines. A procedure identifier code will also appear, which will help you to know the status of the procedure from the Private Area .
If the request contains any errors, the submission is not made and a message appears specifying the error.
If you are unable to complete the process due to a system issue, please try again later.
You can check if there has been any service outage or incident in the Notices and service outages section of the electronic office, where all the information about the types of incident and where they have occurred is available. Search for the service incidents for the corresponding year and sort them by the Start date and time field, in descending order.
You can consult the Support for processing gencat procedures section.
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Step two
Check the status of the procedure
To track your management and procedures, you can access them through:
To track your management and procedures, you can access them through:
Status of my procedures
- Access the Status of my transactions.
- Enter the transaction identifier code (ID), which is an alphanumeric code obtained with the acknowledgement of receipt of the transaction, and the identification number (DNI, NIE, passport, company tax number or foreign company document) that was entered on the application form. With this identifier code you will be able to check the status of your transactions without a digital certificate.
From the details of the procedure or management you will obtain information on the status they are in.
Private area
You can track all your procedures and actions and update your personal data.
To access the Private Area, you must identify yourself using a digital certificate or one-time password.
To access the Status of my actions, you do not need to identify yourself. -
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Step three
Receive response from the Administration
When will I receive the answer?
When will I receive the answer?
This procedure has a maximum duration of four months from the date of entry of the application into the register of the competent body to issue and notify the resolution. If this period elapses and an express resolution has not been issued, the application will be deemed to have been rejected by administrative silence.
How will I receive the answer?
You will receive a notification via e-NOTUM.
Can I file an appeal?Yes, within one month of receiving the notification, you can file an appeal with the head of the General Secretariat of the Department of Health.
