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You have the right of establishment as a self-employed or employed person in a
Member State of the European Union, subject to recognition of your
qualification.
The profession of midwife is covered by the system of mandatory and automatic
recognition of diplomas, awarded at European level for a limited number of
professions.
Scope
Only qualifications acquired in a Member State and listed in the relevant
directive are eligible for mandatory and automatic recognition throughout the
European Community. If your qualification was acquired in the former East
Germany, however, you may be required to submit a supplementary certificate
showing that your training was followed by two years of supervised professional
practice; if your qualification was acquired either in the United Kingdom or in
Portugal and covers initial training as a nurse responsible for general care,
followed by less than two years supplementary training as a midwife, you may be
required to produce an additional certificate showing that your training was
followed by one year of supervised professional practice.
Formalities in Spain
How to proceed
Applications for recognition should be sent to the:
- Ministerio de Educación y Cultura
Subdirección General de Títulos, Convalidaciones y Homologaciones
Paseo del Prado 28, 4ª planta E-28014 Madrid
Tel: +34.91.701.85.00
E-mail: información@educ.mec.es
Information and/or documents to be submitted to the competent
authorities
Certified copies of:
- Certificate(s) or diploma(s) qualifying you fully to practise as a midwife
in your country of origin or last country of residence.
- Document providing proof of nationality of a Member State of the European
Union.
- A sworn translation of these documents into Spanish must be provided.
The documents must be certified by one of the following authorities:
- Office (Registro) of the Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs
(Madrid) or offices of the government sub-delegates (Subdelegaciones del
Gobierno) in the rest of Spain;
- Spanish diplomatic and consular missions (embassies or consulates);
- notary.
Fees
The processing of applications for recognition of qualifications is totally
free of charge. Applicants are, however, responsible for their own document
translation and attestation fees.
Reference documents
- Royal Decree 1017/1991 of 28 June 1991, amended by Royal Decree 279/1994
of 18 February 1994
Source: European Union
© European Communities, 1995-2005
Reproduction is authorised.
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