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• Administrative dietician

• Alcohol and drug treatment counsellor

• Audiologist

• Biologist in healthcare service

• Biomedical scientist

• Chiropodist

• Chiropractor

• Dental assistant

• Dental hygienist

• Dental technician

• Dentist

• Diet cook

• Dietician

• Emergency medical technician

• Food scientist

• Genetic counsellor

• Health information manager

• Licensed practical nurse

• Massage therapist

• Medical doctor

• Midwife

• Nutritionist

• Occupational therapist

• Optometrist

• Osteopath

• Paramedic

• Pharmaceutical technician

• Pharmacist

• Physiotherapist

• Prosthetist

• Psychologist

• Radiographer

• Registered nurse

• Social educator

• Social worker

• Speech therapist
  

Laws

• Healthcare Practitioners Act No. 34/2012 

• Lög um viðurkenningu á faglegri menntun og hæfi til starfa hér á landi nr. 26/2010 (Icelandic)
  

Regulations

Administrative dieticians

• Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of administrative dieticians and criteria for granting of licences, No. 1108/2012

Audiologists

• Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of audiologists and criteria for granting of licences, No. 630/2018

Alcohol and drug treatment counsellors

• Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of alcohol and drug treatment counsellors and criteria for granting of licences, No. 1106/2012 as amended by Regulation No. 621/2014

Biomedical scientists

• Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of biomedical scientists and criteria for granting of licences and specialist licences, No. 1132/2012

Biologists

• Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of biologists in healthcare service and criteria for granting of licences, No. 1220/2012

Chiropodist

• Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of chiropodists and criteria for granting of licences, No. 1107/2012

Chiropractors

• Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of chiropractors and criteria for granting of licences, No. 1087/2012

Dental assistants

• Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of dental assistants and criteria for granting of licences, No. 1122/2012

Dental hygienists

• Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of dental hygienists and criteria for granting of licences, No. 1124/2012

Dental technicians

• Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of dental technicians and clinical dental technicians for granting of licences, No. 1123/2012

Dentists

• Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of dentists and criteria for granting of licences and specialist licences, No. 1121/2012

Diet cooks

• Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of diet cooks and criteria for granting of licences, No. 1111/2012

Dieticians

• Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of dieticians and criteria for granting of licences, No. 1109/2012

Emergency medical technicians and paramedics

• Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of emergency medical technicians and paramedics and criteria for granting of licences, No. 1110/2012

Food scientists

• Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of food scientists and criteria for granting of licences, No. 1085/2012

Genetic councellors

• Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of genetic councellors and criteria for granting of licences, No. 688/2024 (Icelandic)

Health information managers

• Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of health information managers and criteria for granting of licences, No. 640/2019

Massage therapists

• Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of massage therapists and criteria for granting of licences, No. 1128/2012

Medical doctors

• Regulation on the education, rights, and obligations of medical doctors, and criteria for granting medical licences and specialist medical licences no. 856/2023.

Midwives

• Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of midwives and criteria for granting of licences and specialist licences, No. 1089/2012

• Reglugerð nr. 871/2020 um heimildir hjúkrunarfræðinga og ljósmæðra til að ávísa lyfjum, um námskröfur og veitingu leyfa (Icelandic)

Nurses

• Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of registered nurses and criteria for granting of licences and specialist licences, No. 512/2013

• Reglugerð nr. 871/2020 um heimildir hjúkrunarfræðinga og ljósmæðra til að ávísa lyfjum, um námskröfur og veitingu leyfa (Icelandic)

Nutritionists

• Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of nutritionists and criteria for granting of licences, No. 1086/2012

Occupational therapists

• Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of occupational therapists and criteria for granting of licences, No. 1221/2012

Optometrists

• Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of optometrists and criteria for granting of licences, No. 1129/2012

Osteopaths

• Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of osteopaths and criteria for granting of licences, No. 1131/2012

Pharmaceutical technicians

• Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of pharmaceutical technicians and criteria for granting of licences, No. 1091/2012

• Reglugerð nr. 421/1998 um vistun lyfjafræði- og lyfjatæknistúdenta til verklegs náms (Icelandic)

Pharmacists

• Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of pharmacists and criteria for granting of licences and specialist licences, No. 1090/2012

• Reglugerð nr. 421/1998 um vistun lyfjafræði- og lyfjatæknistúdenta til verklegs náms (Icelandic)

Physiotherapists

• Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of physiotherapists and criteria for granting of licences and specialist licences, No. 1127/2012

Practical nurses

• Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of licensed practical nurses and criteria for granting of licences, No. 511/2013

Prosthetists

• Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of prosthetists and criteria for granting of licences, No. 1126/2012

Psychologists

• Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of psychologists and criteria for granting of licences and specialist licences, No. 1130/2012

Radiographers

• Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of radiographers and criteria for granting of licences, No. 1105/2012

Speech therapists

• Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of speech therapists and criteria for granting of licences, No. 1125/2012

Social educators

• Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of social educators and criteria for granting of licences, No. 1120/2012

Social workers

• Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of social workers and criteria for granting of licences and specialist licences, No. 1088/2012

Other

• Reglugerð nr. 429/2025 um gjaldtöku embættis landlæknis vegna afgreiðslu umsókna um starfsleyfi og sérfræðileyfi heilbrigðisstarfsmanna (Icelandic)

• Reglugerð nr. 1690/2024 um iðgjald vegna sjúklingatryggingar (Icelandic)

• Reglugerð nr. 483/2023 um meðferð umsókna um starfsleyfi og sérfræðileyfi skv. lögum um heilbrigðisstarfsmenn nr. 34/2012 frá umsækjendum frá ríkjum sem íslenska ríkið hefur ekki samið við um viðurkenningu á faglegri menntun og hæfi (Icelandic)

• Reglugerð nr. 477/2020 um viðurkenningu á faglegri menntun og hæfi til starfa hér á landi (Icelandic)

• Regulation on the recognition of professional qualifications of healthcare practitioners from other Member States of the European Economic Area or Switzerland for the pursuit of an activity in Iceland, No. 510/2020

• Reglugerð nr. 620/2014 um skilyrði sem heilbrigðisstarfsmaður þarf að uppfylla til að fá undanþágu til að veita heilbrigðisþjónustu á eigin starfsstofu eftir að 75 ára aldri er náð (Icelandic)

• Reglugerð nr. 763/2000 um vátryggingu þeirra sem veita heilbrigðisþjónustu samkvæmt lögum nr. 111/2000 um sjúklingatryggingu (Icelandic)