Psychologists get health professional authorisation
Official title (in Danish): Lov om ændring af lov om autorisation af sundhedspersoner og om sundhedsfaglig virksomhed og forskellige andre love og om ophævelse af lov om psykologer m.v. (Sundhedsfaglig autorisation af psykologer)
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What changes:
- Psychologists are now regulated by the Authorisation Act instead of the Psychologists Act.
- Only someone who holds authorisation as a psychologist may use the title psychologist.
- Who: The act applies to psychologists. They come under the supervision of the Danish Patient Safety Authority (Styrelsen for Patientsikkerhed) for authorised health professionals.
- When: Sections 1-6 and 8 entered into force on 1 January 2026. The rest of the Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.
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The case at the Danish Parliament (ft.dk)
Source: Retsinformation.dk
Translated from Danish · The Danish version and the original source apply.
Summary by the Danish Parliament (in Danish)
Lovforslaget indebærer, at autorisation af og tilsyn med psykologer fremover skal reguleres i autorisationsloven, og at særreguleringen i psykologloven ophæves. Det vil medføre, at det fremover vil være et krav, at man oppebærer autorisation som psykolog for at kunne benytte titlen psykolog, og at samtlige psykologer derved vil være underlagt Styrelsen for Patientsikkerheds tilsyn med autoriserede sundhedspersoner. Forslaget indebærer også, at psykologer skal kunne gennemføre en psykologisk praksisuddannelse og derved opnå tilladelse til at anvende titlerne psykolog med praksisuddannelse og klinisk psykolog. Forslaget indebærer desuden, at reguleringen af den eksisterende specialpsykologuddannelse i børne- og ungdomspsykiatri og psykiatri bliver en del af reguleringen af psykologer i autorisationsloven. Det foreslås, at den nye autorisationsordning træder i kraft den 1. januar 2026. Det foreslås desuden, at visse overgangsregler træder i kraft den 1. juli 2025.
Source: Folketinget (ft.dk). Reproduced unchanged.
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- Introduced · 27 March 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: Fremsat
- Passed · 27 May 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: 3.beh./Vedtaget
- Stadfæstet · 20 June 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
- Partly entered into force · 1 July 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
- Fully in force · 1 January 2026Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet