Recognition of health professional qualifications

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Procedure

For the cross-border free provision of services, health professionals are required to be legally established in the Member State where they wish to pursue their profession. If Italy is the host Member State, the health professional gives prior notice to the Italian Ministry of Health by means of an annual declaration, that can be renewed beforehand if objective changes occur.If all the provisions under the relevant legislation are complied with, The Italian Ministry of Health, at the end of the assessment procedure, notifies the competent professional Association about the positive or negative decision concerning the professional’s application.

Who can apply?

The following professionals can apply to provide their services: EU citizens, citizens from the Swiss Confederation and citizens from the EEA (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) who have obtained their qualification as dental practitioner in a Member State, EEA Country or in the Swiss Confederation and who are legally established in a Member State where they pursue the same professional activity.

What do I need?

The professionals who move to Italy for the first time from a third country and who wish to provide their services are required to inform the Ministry of Health giving 30 days’ prior notice, except for any urgencies, and they should submit the following documents:

• the Online Form C1 - dental practitioner, automatically generated by the system in PDF format, which will be either signed digitally with a qualified electronic signature as provided by eIDAS Regulation (EU) No. 910/2014, or printed, signed with a handwritten signature and scanned;
• written declaration specifying which service/s the professional intends to provide and which insurance policy covers his or her professional liability. This declaration is valid for the ongoing year and must be renewed if the provider wants to deliver temporary or occasional services in Italy afterwards;
• documents listed in Annex C1.

All the documents must be sent to the certified email (PEC), following the guidelines provided in the section ‘How can I apply’.

 

Application form and guidelines

• Annex C1 (file format pdf)
• Substitute Declaration in lieu of Attested Affidavit (file format doc, file format odt)
• Substitute Declaration in lieu of Attested Affidavit TRANSLATION (file format doc)
• On line form

How can I apply?

• Certified email (PEC)
  Certified email: dgrups@postacert.sanita.it
  Email subject: Surname - Name – date of birth – country where the qualification was obtained – free provision of services dental practitioner
  Further instructions: Remember to attach: application, payment RECEIPT of the stamp duty by bank transfer (NO order of payment and NO submission of bank transfer), PDF FILE of the whole necessary documentation (NO SCREENSHOT, NO PHOTO, etc). Each document will be submitted as a single corresponding pdf file (NO one overall pdf file grouping all the documents together). PLEASE NOTE: bank transfer is the only accepted payment method for the tax duty (NO STAMP DUTY).
  
• Email
  Email of the receiving office: dgrups@postacert.sanita.it
  Email subject: Surname - Name – date of birth – country where the qualification was obtained – free provision of services dental practitioner
  Further instructions: Remember to attach: application, payment RECEIPT of the stamp duty by bank transfer (NO order of payment and NO submission of bank transfer), PDF FILE of the whole necessary documentation (NO SCREENSHOT, NO PHOTO, etc). Each document will be submitted as a single corresponding pdf file (NO one overall pdf file grouping all the documents together). PLEASE NOTE: bank transfer is the only accepted payment method for the tax duty (NO STAMP DUTY).
  

How long does it take?

One month from submission of full application.

How much does it cost?

Fee: 16.00€

Payment method

• Through online payment via the integrated Online Payment connected with PagoPA
  Causale: Surname Name. Imposta di bollo richiesta libera prestazione di servizi qualifica odontoiatra

How do I know the outcome?

• Traditional mail
• Certified email

Outcome Publication

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Relevant law

Go to Trovanormesalute

Contact us

• Referent Name: Fabiana Vitrano
  Address: Viale Giorgio Ribotta, 5 - 00144 Roma
  Email: f.vitrano@sanita.it
  

Referent Office for Legal proceedings

Direzione Generale delle Professioni sanitarie e delle risorse umane del servizio sanitario nazionale (DGPROF)
Ufficio 2 - Riconoscimento titoli delle professionalità sanitarie e delle lauree specialistiche e magistrali

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Last update: 13 march 2024