Registration of Medical Laboratory Technologist Qualified Abroad

In Norway there is only one governemental regulating body, who register all health professionals in Norway. In Norway there is also only one legislative Act, which regulate all health professionals and there is one central database, with all registered health professionals in Norway. In Norway there are 29 regulated professions in the health care services, of which the medical laboratory technologist (bioingeniør) is one. With a population of about 4.9 millions, there are authorised 6 887 medical laboratory technologists in Norway. Of those is 6 510 with education from Norway, 242 with education from another Nordic country (Sweden, Denmark, Finland or Iceland), 70 with education from an EEA country outside the Nordic countries and 65 with education from a country outside EEA. Registration as health professional in Norway gives the right to use the professional title. There is in other words a monopoly of title. It is no monopoly of methods in Norway: The health professional act does not regulate what the health personnel can do, but health professionals shall conduct their work in accordance with the requirements to professional responsibility and diligent care that can be expected based on their qualifications, the nature of their work and the situation in general.