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Assessment of qualifications

REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION

You must send documentation as evidence of your education either in the form of certified true copies or in the form of original documents.
All copies of original documents must be certified true copies. Embassies, police, respective university/educational institution or notary public can certify copies. The authority in question must stamp and sign each copy and confirm that the copy is a true copy of the original document. Private individuals cannot certify copies. The National Board of Health may in some cases require original documents. If you send original documents, you must enclose a copy of each document.

Translation into Danish or English must be carried out by
1) The educational institution or the authority that issued the document or 2) by a state-authorized translator. Translator's name and stamp must be legible. Should the stamp not be in Danish or English, a state-authorized translation of the stamp is required. The translator must seal the translation together with the document in the original language. The National Board of Health may in some cases accept other translations. Documents in Norwegian or Swedish need not be translated.

Documentary requirements
Each document must be marked with the number listed in the below form. (Documentation of name, date of birth, nationality, e.g., must be marked with the number 1)

The following documents must be submitted

 1.    Documentation of name, date of birth and nationality (e.g. in the form of certified true copies of the relevant passport pages)  
 2. Documentation of change of name/marriage certificate (if any)
 3. Nordic authorization
 4. Permission to assume the title of specialist (if relevant)
 5. Certificate of Current Professional Status Standing (certificate of good standing) from the competent health authorities in the most recent country of work and residence. The certificate must in English confirm that you are legally entitled to work within you profession, i.e. that you have not been suspended, disqualified or prohibited from practicing. If you are a specialist, the certificate must also confirm that you are legally entitled to work as a specialist. The certificate must be less than 3 months old and sent directly from the respective competent authority to the National Board of Health, Islands Brygge 67, 2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark.
Please note that the Norwegian health authorities are not required to send certificates of good standings to the National Board of Health
 6. Supplementary documentation, if any. 

 
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