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				| doctors | Excluding dentists. The practice of the medical profession consists in the provision of health services by a person possessing the required qualifications, in particular: examination of health status, diagnosis and prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of patients, providing medical advice, as well as issuing opinions and medical certificates. (Act of 5 December 1996 on the professions of a doctor and dentist, consolidated text: Journal of Laws of 2005 No. 226, item 1943). | 
			 
				| dentists | Dentist (up to 31 May 2004 – a stomatologist) – a person who has required qualifications, confirmed by appropriate documents, to perform the profession of a dentist, which consists of providing services specified in item 1, in the scope of teeth, oral cavity, facial part of the skull and adjacent area. The Act of 5 December 1996 on the Profession of Doctor and Dentist, consolidated text: Journal of Laws of 2011 No. 277, item 1634 with subsequent amendments. | 
			 
				|  midwives, including masters of midwifery | In 2001 without masters of nursing | 
			 
			
		 	 
		
		 	 
		
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