Italy – Evidence of qualifications

This page is to explain what evidence of qualifications doctors who qualified in Italy need to supply to support their registration application.

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Translations of documents in Italy

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Medical regulatory authority

Ministero della Salute
Dipartimento della Qualità
Direzione generale della riscorse umane e delle professioni sanitarie
Ufficio VII
Piazzale dell'Industria 20
0144 Rome
Italy
Tel: +39 0659941
Fax: +39 065 994 2536

Provisional registration

You will need to hold:

A Diploma/ Certificate di Laurea in medicina e chirurgia (graduate in medicine and surgery) or Diploma di Laurea specialistica in medicina e chirurgia awarded by an Italian University.

Full registration

If you have previously held provisional registration you will need to hold:

A diploma di abilitazione all'esercizio della medicina e chirurgia (diploma conferring the right to practise medicine and surgery) awarded by the State Examining Commission of Italy.

OR

A Certificate di abilitazione all'esercizio della medicina e chirurgia (diploma conferring the right to practise medicine and surgery) awarded by your Italian University.

If you have not been awarded a Diploma/ Certificate di abilitazione all'esercizio della medicina e chirurgia because you are not an Italian national you will need to hold:

A letter issued by the Ministerio della Salute (Ministry of Health) of Italy confirming that you would have received a Diploma or Certificate di abilitazione all'esercizio della medicina e chirurgia if you were an Italian national and confirming that your basic medical training in Italy meets the standards laid down in Article 24 of the European Medical Directive 2005/36/EC.

To apply for full registration if you have previously held provisional registration andcompleted your internship in the UK you will need to hold:

A Certificate of Experience form completed by an authorised officer of your UK medical school or deanery. Please contact us to obtain a blank Certificate of Experience form that you will need to pass to your medical school or deanery to be completed.

Please note that you cannot apply using the UK on-line registration method through MyGMC.

Note: If you are granted full registration in the UK, your primary medical qualification may not be automatically recognised in another EEA member state. You can check by contacting the medical regulatory authority in the country in which you wish to obtain registration.

If you have not previously held provisional registration you will need to hold:

A Diploma di Laurea in medicina e chirurgia (graduate in medicine and surgery) or a Diploma di Laurea specialistica in medicina e chirurgia awarded by your Italian University

AND

A Diploma di abilitazione all'esercizio della medicina e chirurgia (diploma conferring the right to practise medicine and surgery) awarded by the State Examining Commission of Italy.

OR

A certificate di abilitazione all'esercizio della medicina e chirurgia (diploma conferring the right to practise medicine and surgery) awarded by your Italian University.

Specialist register

To hold specialist registration you must also hold full registration.

Your specialty must be listed in Annex V of the Directive 2005/36/EC by the country that awarded it and have a corresponding entry for the United Kingdom.

If you want to apply for specialist registration and you do not already hold full registration, you should apply for full and specialist registration at the same time.

You will need to hold:

A Diploma di medico specialista, rilasciati dal rettore di una universita (diploma of specialised doctor granted by a rector of an Italian university).

If the Italian specialist certificate was awarded before 20 December 1976 or if the training leading to its award started before that date we will need either:

A letter from the Ministerio della Salute confirming that the training leading to the award of the specialist certificate meets the standards in Articles 25, 26 and 27 as appropriate of Directive 2005/36/EC.

OR

If the training leading to the award of the specialist certificate does not meet those standards, a letter from the Ministerio della Salute or the medical regulatory authority of the country where you are now working confirming that you have been practising in the specialty in which your specialist certificate was awarded for the period required by Article 23.1 of Directive 2005/36/EC.

If the title of the Italian specialist certificate is not as described above or the specialty in which it is awarded is not the same as that specialty listed in Annex V of Directive 2005/36/EC you will also need to hold:

A letter from the Ministerio della Salute (Ministry of Health) confirming that the training leading to the award of the specialist certificate meets the standards laid down in Articles 25, 26 and 27 as appropriate of Directive 2005/36/EC and that the specialty is treated in law by Italy as a certificate of medical specialty in the relevant specialty as set out in Annex V of Directive 2005/36/EC.

If you are not eligible to enter the specialist register via the criteria outlined (above) you can apply to the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (PMETB) to be assessed via the Article 14 equivalence route. Doctors applying via the Article 14 route will be required to demonstrate that their specialist qualifications, knowledge and experience gained are equivalent to that of a doctor completing a UK specialist training programme in your specialty. For further guidance, including application forms and a list of frequently answered questions, please visit the PMETB website. Please note that PMETB cannot accept CVs/resumes in isolation.

GP register

To hold GP registration you must also hold full registration.

If you want to apply for GP registration and you do not already hold full registration, you should apply for full and GP registration at the same time.

You will need to hold either:

An Attesto di formazione specifica in medicina generale (certificate of specific training for general medical practice) awarded by the Ministéro della Salute (Ministry of Health) of Italy. If your certificate does not clearly state that your training for general medical practice meets the standards laid down in Article 28 of Directive 2005/36/EC you will need to hold a letter from the Minitéro della Salute which confirms that your training meets those standards.

OR

A certificate of acquired rights for general medical practice awarded by the Ministéro della Salute. The certificate must state that it was awarded to you in accordance with Article 30(1) of Directive 2005/36/EC.

If you are not eligible to enter the GP register via the criteria outlined (above) you can apply to PMETB via the Article 11 equivalence route. Doctors who apply using this method will have their training, qualifications and experience compared against the standard required for doctors completing a UK General Practice training programme. Successful applicants will be given a statement confirming their eligibility for entry to the GP Register and hence eligible to work as a GP in the UK. For further information and to request an Article 11 application pack, please visit the PMETB website. Please note that PMETB is unable to accept CVs/resumes in isolation and cannot process applications that are not made through the correct channels.