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Competent Authority
		The “Ministerio de Sanidad y Política Social. Subdirección General de Ordenación Profesional” in Spain is the Competent Authority for the migrant comunitary physiotherapists’ application. Competent Authority: Ministerio de Sanidad y Política Social. Subdirección General de Ordenación Profesional Contact Details. Address: Paseo del Prado, 18 - 20 28014 Madrid Spain Telephone: +34 - 91 596 1773 Fax: + 34 91 596 44 12 Email: sgorden@msps.es Web: www.msc.es
Applications should be sent to:
	COMPETENT AUTHORITY CONTACT DETAILS	Ministerio de Sanidad y Política Social. Subdirección General de Ordenación Profesional Paseo del Prado, 18 - 20 28014 Madrid Spain
The Application
	APPLICATION ENCLOSURES	The application should include: - Copy of passport, national identity card or equivalent documentation attesting that the person holding the nationality of any of the Member States of the European Union or the States signatory to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. - A certified copy of the migrant’s diploma and details of the curriculum of physiotherapy education undertaken, indicating: duration of study in academic years or description of the subjects studied, indicating the number of hours in each both theoretical and practical. - Certificate issued by the competent authority in the country of origin, demonstrating that the applicant is a professional who meets the requirements of the Directive of the European Union to practice and is not disqualified for it. - If a Member State which issued the title, the profession is not regulated, should submit a document certifying issued by the competent authority, have worked for 2 years full-time during the previous 10 years. Visit link for more information. To download the Application (Modelo de solicitud) visit link. The applications must be submitted in Spanish as well as any additional procedures if these prove necessary. All the original documentation must be in Spanish or submitted in their original language and accompanied with a certified Spanish translation.
Further requirements
	LANGUAGE APTITUDE TEST RECOGNITION	The Spanish association has automatic recognition of migrants from other EU (European Union) countries, but reserves the right to prove individual cases. Once the diploma is approved, the professional must become a member of regional physiotherapy association where will exercise. Visit link: Knowledge of the host country's language is desirable. Please contact the Spanish Physiotherapy Association for further details.