Procedure for holders of a paramedical degree wanting to exercise their profession

• Your paramedical degree must be validated by the ‘Agentschap Zorg en Gezondheid’ (Agency for care and health of the Flemish government).
• Following recognition of your medical degree, the FOD (Federal Public Service Health) will automatically issue your visum.
• There is no obligation to register with a professional organisation.

Exception: if you obtained your medical degree in a country outside of the EEA, you require recognition of the equivalence of your degree from NARIC (National Academic Recognition Information Centre of the Government of Flanders.

• One of the conditions for NARIC to recognise the equivalence of your diploma is that you are sufficiently fluent in Dutch. The level required is European level B2.
• More info regarding NARIC:
  • English
  • Dutch