Prescriptionist
The Health Personnel Act entered into force on of 1 January 2001. The Act made prescriptionists an authorised health personnel category. The health personnel category of prescriptionist comprises personnel with 2 ½ year university college education leading to the Norwegian title "reseptarfarmasøyt".
Conditions of authorisation
Authorisation is granted to applicants who have successfully completed their prescriptionists education. The conditions for authorisation are stated in Health Personnel Act, section 48.
For applicants with foreign authorisation as prescriptionists, special rules of recognition apply. Through a special Nordic Agreement, Norway has entered into an agreement on mutual recognition of authorisation as prescriptionist by other Nordic countries. In such cases no distinction is made between Norwegian and other Nordic qualifications. For applicants with educational qualifications corresponding to those applying to Norwegian "reseptar", applications are assessed in accordance with Council Directives 89/48/EEC
Applicants with other foreign qualifications as prescriptionists
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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