If you have not completed the additional requirements by the three-year deadline, you must reapply for an authorisation. If you have received a license in your decision, this means that it is not possible to apply to renew this license.
The deadline for completing the additional requirements is three years from the date your decision for completing the additional requirements was issued. This means that you have right to a period of three years to complete the relevant requirements. This is regulated in law, and the Norwegian Directorate of Health can therefore not evaluate a new application for authorisation before the three-year deadline is about to expire.
New application for authorisation
In the processing of a new application, the Norwegian Directorate of Health will make a new assessment of your education and your professional qualifications. This is because the criteria for assessment may have changed due to changes in the content of the Norwegian education, as well as changes in regulations and administrative practices. We will also evaluate whether you meet the conditions to obtain a license.
In the new application you must enclose documentation of which additional requirements you have completed, as well as whether you have attempted to implement any of the additional requirements without passing.
You must also update yourself on the documentation requirements and attach documentation that you have not documented before. You will find updated documentation requirements on our website under the relevant personnel group.
When applying for a new authorisation, you must pay a new fee and the processing time is in principle currently same as for first-time applications.
License
If you are granted a license while completing the additional requirements, the license will cease without further notice if you have received a refusal on your application for authorisation. The license will cease from the date of the refusal.
The basis for refusal is, for example, that you have used up all the attempts to complete the relevant courses and exams without passing.
Extension of the deadline to complete the additional requirements
The Norwegian Directorate of Health may, upon application, extend the deadline for fulfilling the additional requirements by up to one year in cases of delay due to long-term illness or parental/maternity leave.
An application for an extension must be submitted before the original three-year deadline expires and must include supporting documentation:
- For delays due to parental/maternity leave, you must document this with a letter from NAV confirming the granting of parental leave (foreldrepermisjon) or a birth certificate.
and/or
- For long-term illness, you must provide a medical certificate confirming that the illness prevents you from completing the additional requirements and specifying the duration of the delay. Your doctor must use this form: Legeattest ved søknad om forlengelse av frist for å gjennomføre tilleggskrav
Please note that sensitive information should not be sent by e-mail. Therefore, we kindly request that the application be sent by mail at:
Helsedirektoratet,
v/Avd. Autorisasjon
Postboks 220, Skøyen
0213 Oslo