Licence to practice as a healthcare professional

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• The aim of the Directorate of Health is that the processing of applications for licences or specialist licences shall begin no later than six weeks after the application is received.

• The processing of applications from applicants with education in the EEA should take no longer than four months from the time all documentation is available, regarding the categories that need to be sent for comment.

• The period for applications for licences to work in the so-called co-ordinated professions (pharmacists, doctors, nurses, midwives, dentists) should generally not exceed three months from when all data are available. This means that all required documents with applications, comments which the Office will obtain if necessary, and comments from the applicant on comments, are available. The above is in accordance with the provisions of Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications, as subsequently amended, and Regulation No 510/2020 on the recognition of professional qualifications of healthcare practitioners from other EEA states or Switzerland to work in Iceland.