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# Working as a physician in Iceland

Physician is a regulated profession in Iceland. Foreign qualifications go through: Doctor in Basic medicine and General medical practice.

- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: Doctor in Basic medicine and General medical practice; Doctor in basic and specialised medicine both listed in Annex V; Doctor in Basic Medicine; The Directorate of Health grants protected title/practice licences to the listed health professions. For foreign qualifications, the route differs by applicant/qualification origin; EEA/Swiss recognition documents and non-EEA education assessment are not interchangeable. EEA/Swiss and third-country routes request different documents. Applicants from outside the EEA/Switzerland submit degree, current professional licence, good-standing evidence and study records; evaluation may require an adaptation period or aptitude test.
- Recognition authority: Directorate of Health (Embætti landlæknis).

## Sources

JSON list[].id=656719; list[].name; list[].country; list[].directive; list[].qualification; list[].qualification_level — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprofs?lang=EN&id_country=30&pagenum=1&maxrows=100&sort_col=1&sort_dir=ASC
Authorized healthcare professions list; listed titles include registered nurse and licensed practical nurse. — https://island.is/en/starfsleyfi-heilbrigdisstarfsmanna/authorised-healthcare-professions

## Cite

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### APA

ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Physician in Iceland: recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 5e9af4f0725a9afff5cb08945ef531f2]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/physician/iceland/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_physician-in-iceland-recognition_e58700db1f6d,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Physician in Iceland: recognition},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {5e9af4f0725a9afff5cb08945ef531f2},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/physician/iceland/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

### Markdown

[Physician in Iceland: recognition](https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/physician/iceland/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version 5e9af4f0725a9afff5cb08945ef531f2; retrieved 2026-10-16; built 2026-10-16.

- Citation schema: `immigrationdb-citation-v1`
- Canonical URL: https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/physician/iceland/
- Title: Physician in Iceland: recognition
- Author: ImmigrationDB
- Publisher: ImmigrationDB
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- Version: `5e9af4f0725a9afff5cb08945ef531f2`
- Retrieved: 2026-10-16
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- Compilation license: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

## Boundary

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