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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).
The application for recognition of the qualification can be submitted at any time.
The recognition of qualifications is an administrative procedure through which certain European qualifications are equated with official Spanish vocational training qualifications and allow the interested person to practice in Spain under the same conditions as a national one. This recognition has exclusively professional, not academic, effects.
Documentation that must be attached with the application for recognition of the qualification:
- Photocopy of the official professional title.
- Academic certification stating:
- The teaching hours
- The subjects studied, both theoretical and practical
- The duration of the studies in years. - Certificate from the Ministry of Health in accordance with the qualification level achieved in Directive 2005/36/EC
Important notice: all documents must have an official translation carried out by:
- A sworn translator, duly authorized or registered in Spain
- Any diplomatic or consular representation of the Spanish State abroad
- The diplomatic or consular representation in Spain of the country of which the applicant is a citizen, or of the country of origin of the document.
There are no fees associated with this procedure.
The recognition 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 application form.
Official state qualifications for professional healthcare training to which foreign qualifications can be equated:
- 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
Countries where qualifications can be recognized:
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.
Steps to follow
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Step one
Request recognition
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
Request recognition of professional healthcare training obtained in EU Member States or associated with the European Economic Area Agreement (HTML form)
Start . Go to Request recognition of professional healthcare training obtained in EU Member States or associated with the European Economic Area Agreement (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.
The procedure for recognizing professional health training qualifications obtained in European Union countries to be able to practice in Catalonia can be completed in the following three ways:
- With the issuance of a certificate of direct recognition of accredited training to practice professionally.
- With the issuance of a certificate of indirect recognition of accredited training which confirms the need for the interested person to pass an aptitude test or carry out an internship period, to be chosen by them.
- With the issuance of a certificate of non-recognition of the training.
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.
