Term

Health professional

Statutory definitionEHDS

‘a doctor of medicine, a nurse responsible for general care, a dental practitioner, a midwife or a pharmacist within the meaning of Directive 2005/36/EC, or another professional exercising activities in the healthcare sector which are restricted to a regulated profession as defined in Article 3(1)(a) of Directive 2005/36/EC, or a person considered to be a health professional according to the legislation of the Member State of treatment.’
— Article 3, point (f), Directive 2011/24/EU

The EHDS Regulation does not define this term itself; it refers to it through Article 2(1). See Article 2.

Where this term is used

EHDS, Articles:2, 3, 6, 9, 11, 12, 19

EHDS, recitals:7, 10, 16, 19, 24, 67

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