In forceChildren and schools
New executive order on the social and health care assistant education
Official title (in Danish): Bekendtgørelse om erhvervsuddannelsen til social- og sundhedsassistent
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What changes:
- The purpose of the education has been worded differently: instead of pupils gaining knowledge and skills within one area of competence, the education must now qualify the pupil to carry out nursing and rehabilitation.
- Educational goals, basic subjects, certificates, competence goals and criteria for credit transfer are now set out in the education order.
- The education can be completed as an eux course following technical eux model E.
- When: The executive order entered into force on 1 August 2026.
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Source: Retsinformation.dk
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- Issued · 14 January 2026
- Published in the Danish Law Gazette (Lovtidende) · 21 January 2026
- In force · 1 August 2026