If you obtained your qualification five or more years ago, you must also directly fulfil the criteria for re-registration in the BIG register. In this situation the process of automatic recognition with direct enrolment of your qualification with BIG registration can therefore take more time and in this case it is not possible to submit your application digitally.
What is re-registration?
Every five years every healthcare professional in the BIG register receives a new invitation to apply for re-registration. Among other things this means that you must have worked a certain number of hours within the field of expertise of your profession in order to be allowed to re-register. This is referred to as the workexperience criteria. If you wish to register using a qualification which is older than 5 years, you must also fulfil these criteria and submit documents (evidence) to demonstrate this.
The procedure
Below you will find the elements that make up the application procedure.
It is important that you properly prepare your application to ensure that your application is processed quickly. We therefore recommend that you start by reading the section entitled Preparing the application. There you will find, among other things, the required documents (evidence) which you have to submit along with the application and information about the required Dutch language proficiency.
Workexperience evidence
Along with your application you must submit evidence of your workexperience in the past 5 years. This means, for example, an employer's declaration and a job description. Please carefullty read the information about the workexperience criteria on 'Applications with a qualification older them five years'.
If you do not fulfil the work experience requirements, you may be able to register by attending a training course which awards a Periodical Registration Certificate (PRC). Please contact us to find out whether this is possible in your case.
It is not possible to apply for automatic recognition with direct enrolment with BIG registration via 'Mijn BIG-register' on the basis of a qualification which is older than 5 years. You should then use an application form to apply for registration. Below you can find information about which form you have to use:
If you have sufficient work experience, you should use the 'aanvraagformulier werkervaring' [in Dutch] (work experience application form).
If you have obtained a Periodical Registration Certificate (PRC), you should use the 'aanvraagformulier scholing' [in Dutch](training application form in PDF).
If you have a foreign qualification, but do not yet have a Periodical Registration Certificate (PRC) and you want to attend re-registration training, you should contact us first.
If you would like to register your specialism, please indicate this on the application form. The specialists registration committee will then contact you and send you the application form required for recognition and registration of your specialism. You do not have to re-submit documents which you have already submitted to us for the recognition and registration of your specialism.
If your application is complete, we will assess it. We will inform you of our (intended) decision on your application within three months. If your application is approved, your qualification will be recognised and you will be added to the BIG register. Your name, profession and registration number will be made public via this website and anyone will be able to search for them.
On this website you will also find more information about, among other things, 'rechten en plichten' [in Dutch] (the rights and obligations of a BIG registration) and about the required 'herregistratie' [in Dutch] (re-registration) every five years.
If your application is rejected and you do not agree, you will be able to object to this. You can read about how you can do this in your decision and on the Objection and appeal page.
