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# Working as a physician in Czechia

To work as a physician in Czechia on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 36,266 € a year (current). Physician is a regulated profession in Czechia. Foreign qualifications go through: Doctor in basic and specialised medicine both listed in Annex V. In Czechia, physicians are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.

- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: Doctor in basic and specialised medicine both listed in Annex V; Doctor in Basic Medicine; For qualifications obtained outside the EU: written tests, six months of supervised practical work, then oral examination; recognition application follows passing the examination. Qualification origin changes the route.; General system of recognition - primary application; Doctor in Basic medicine and General medical practice
- Recognition authority: Ministry of Health (MZ ČR) is the competent authority for the healthcare recognition/approbation route.
- Language requirement: The three-part non-EU approval examination is held in Czech; the cited source does not set this as a separate CEFR certificate level.
- Shortage list: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission
- EU Blue Card threshold: 36,266 €/year (current)

## Sources

JSON list[].id=658421; list[].name; list[].country; list[].directive; list[].qualification; list[].qualification_level — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprofs?lang=EN&id_country=16&pagenum=1&maxrows=100&sort_col=1&sort_dir=ASC
Page updated 2026-09-15; three-part non-EU exam in Czech, six-month supervised practice, first-attempt written/oral charges. — https://mzd.gov.cz/aprobacni-zkousky/
NCO.json key=1; A=AT; B=2025; C=2143; D=Environmental engineers; E=Shortage; F=Low — https://eures.europa.eu/living-and-working/labour-shortages-and-surpluses-europe_en
Country work-route threshold — https://e-sbirka.gov.cz/sb/2026/44

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Physician in Czechia: recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version c649fa31e13b424a3daea7536f7aed7e]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/physician/czechia/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_physician-in-czechia-recognition-and-shortage-status_86eb3dc18716,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Physician in Czechia: recognition and shortage status},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-25},
  version = {c649fa31e13b424a3daea7536f7aed7e},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/physician/czechia/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-25. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

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