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Degree earned in an EU country

A) RIGHT OF SETTLEMENT

Those holding a professional degree with a training path completed entirely in an EC country who wish to stably practise the healthcare profession in Italy may submit an application for the recognition of the degree for the purposes of exercising the right of settlement (directly or ).
The procedure is diversified depending on the profession:

  1. For the professions of medico chirurgo, veterinario, farmacista, odontoiatra, infermiere e ostetrica, EC regulations has set rules for harmonisation among EU countries, according to which the recognition procedure consists of a check that the submitted documentation is in order. In this case, the interested parties must fill out Form A and submit the documents provided for under Attachment A.
  2. For all other professions, the interested parties must fill out Form B and submit the documents provided for under Attachment B.

N.B.: For non-EC citizens, professional practise in Italy is subordinated to the rules governing their entry and stay in Italian territory.

B) RIGHT TO THE FREE RENDERING OF SERVICES

The sectoral directives regarding the professions of medico chirurgo, veterinario, farmacista, odontoiatra, infermiere e ostetrica also include the possibility, only for EU citizens, to render occasional professional services without settling in Italy definitively, and therefore without having to be entered in the Italian professional registry.
To exercise this right, the interested professional must notify the health Ministry of the facility in which he or she is to be rendering service, and the period of time, using Form C and submitting the documents provided for under Attachment C.

DEGREE EARNED IN AN EU COUNTRY
by EC and non-EC citizens
(training path entirely completed in an EC country)
Right of settlement

Professions of medico chirurgo, medico veterinario, farmacista, odontoiatra, infermiere and ostetrica


All other professions
Free rendering of services
(only for EC citizens)


Exclusively for the professions of medico chirurgo, medico veterinario, farmacista, odontoiatra, infermiere and ostetrica


The documents, delivered by the interested party in the original, may be withdrawn only after having forwarded a specific request to the administration by sending the to one of the following fax numbers: +39 06 5994 2419/ 2997. For medici, odontoiatri, veterinari, farmacisti, this is the fax number: +39 06 5994 2536.

For medici, odontoiatri, veterinari, farmacisti:
Offices are open on Monday and Wednsday
from 9:00 AM to 12:00 AM

For other health professionals:
Offices are open on Wednsday
from 9:00 AM to 12:00 AM
and on Monday, first week of every month

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