Professional Licenses
ACSS is the Ministry of Health body responsible for issuing professional titles for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technicians, Non-Conventional Therapeutics and Podiatrists.
Issuance of Professional Titles
List of Professions
Currently there are 18 regulated professions for Diagnostics and Therapeutic Technicians:
- Clinical and Public Health Analysis Technician
- Pathological, Cytological and Thanatological Anatomy Technician
- Audiology Technician
- Cardiopneumology Technician
- Pharmacy Technician
- Physiotherapist
- Oral Hygienist
- Neurophysiology Technician
- Dental Technician
- Orthoprothesics
- Orthoptic Technician
- Radiology Technician
- Radiation Therapy Technician
- Speech Therapist
- Occupational Therapist
- Nuclear Medicine Technician
- Environmental Health Technician
Also profession of:
ACSS also regulates Non-Conventional Therapeutics, area that includes seven (7) professions:
- Acupuncture;
- Phytotherapy;
- Naturopathy;
- Osteopathy;
- Chiropractic;
- Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Homeopathy (Pending regulation of study cycle).
Payment and documents delivery
Payment
- Registry and issuing of professional license: 60,00 €
- Issuance of 2nd professional license: 30,00 €
| The amount of 1,85 € is requested in case of license delivery by post |
How to pay
- Bank transference to (indicating name of the person on which behalf the license has been requested):
| NIB 078101120000000840770
IBAN PT50078101120000000840770 |
- Proof of the bank transference should be attached to the form delivered at ACSS.
Documents delivery
| By post:
Administração Central do Sistema de Saúde, I.P.
Edifício 16 – Parque de Saúde de Lisboa
Av. do Brasil, 53
1700-063 LISBOA |
By email:
geral@acss.min-saude.pt
(except for authenticated documents) |
