| 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. |
| nurses | Nurse – a person who has required qualifications, confirmed by appropriate documents, to perform the profession of a nurse, which consists of providing health services, and in particular in the scope nursing, prevention, diagnosis, curative, rehabilitation and health promotion services. Act of July 5, 1996 on the nurse and midwife professions. Original text: Journal of Laws of 1996 No. 91 item 410; uniform text: Journal of Laws of 2001 No. 57 item 602 with subsequent amendments. |
| midwives | Midwife – a person who has required qualifications, confirmed by appropriate documents, to perform the profession of a nurse, which consists of providing health services, and in particular in the scope of nursing, prevention, diagnosis, curative, rehabilitation and health promotion services, connected with care over a pregnant woman, a childbearing woman, a woman lying-in and an infant. Act of July 5, 1996 on the nurse and midwife professions. Original text: Journal of Laws of 1996 No. 91 item 410; uniform text: Journal of Laws of 2001 No. 57 item 602 with subsequent amendments. |