Pharmacist
The Health Personnel Act entered into force on of 1 January 2001. The Act made pharmacists an authorised health personnel category. The health personnel category of pharmacist (Norwegian "provisorfarmasøyt") comprises personnel with 5 year university education (Norw. "cand.pharm.").
Conditions of authorisation There are two alternative ways of attaining authorisation as pharmacist:
For applicants with foreign authorisation as pharmacists, special rules of recognition apply. Through a special Nordic Agreement, Norway has entered into an agreement on mutual recognition of authorisation as pharmacist by other Nordic countries. In such cases no distinction is made between Norwegian and other Nordic qualifications. For other EEA-citizens, authorisation as pharmacist is accorded where the applicant is able to submit the diplomas (master's degree in pharmacy level) referred to in Council Directive 85/432/EEC and 85/433/EEC (Pharmacists Directives), or other evidence.
Applicants with other foreign qualifications as pharmacists
For applicants with foreign qualifications from outside the EEA, it is required that such qualification be judged as the professional equivalent of Norwegian certificate, cf. Health Personnel Act, section 48, subsection 3a. Such assessment is made by the applicant's documentation of her/his own qualification as described in curricula, work experience etc. representing the equivalent of curricula related to Norwegian education/training. Applicants will be expected to be acquainted with Norwegian health services. In certain cases external advisers will assist SAFH in making an assessment. Advisers do not make the final decision but provide professional advice which SAFH takes into account when assessing applicants' qualifications. Only when foreign qualifications have been evaluated will processing of an application for authorisation be finalised.
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