PROFESSIONAL CLASSIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Therapy and Rehabilitation

 Requirements Requirement details Few things to consider
- Provide official qualification(s) certificate issued by the certificate authority Qualification certificate
- Provide all the qualifications required for the requested rank. For example, requesting to be classified as a should include the following:
Qualification senior specialist will require the provision of the bachelor's degree and a master's degree or equivalent based - Certificate date
on SCFHS requirements.. - Graduation date
- Qualification title

‫شكرا جزيال‬
- Specialty
- Provide qualification verification report issued by the verification company recognized by SCFHS is required for Verification report should
the following cases: include the following:
1. Verification report for the bachelor's degree if the classification request is based on a bachelor's degree only. - Name
2. Verification report for the postgraduate qualification(s) only if the classification request is based on that - Final result
Qualification Verification postgraduate qualification only. - All the report pages
- Serial number at the bottom
The following cases are exempted from this requirement:
of each page
1. Saudi applicants who provided an equivalency certificate from the Ministry of Education for academic
qualifications obtained from another country.
2. Recognized qualifications awarded by academic or medical professional organizations within the Kingdom.
 Requirements Requirement details Few things to consider
- Provide equivalency certificate issued by the Ministry of education for academic qualifications Equivalency certificate should be issued by
Equivalency certificate obtained by Saudi citizens from another country (Bachelor - Doctor of - high diploma - Master - the Ministry of education
Ph.D.).
- Provide an academic transcript for academic Certificate (Bachelor - Doctor of - high diploma - Training Certificates should include the
Formal Description Of Training Or Master - Ph.D.) showing program details, duration, and practical training description or internship. following:
Passed Courses Of The - program details
- Provide training completion certificate issued for the trainee after completing the training for

‫شكرا جزيال‬
Certification, Especially For Clinical - Start and end date
Training Required For Postgraduate Professional Certificates (Fellowship, Certificate of specialization or Board) indicating the - Training description
Certificates following program details program duration, enrollment date, and program completion date.
- Provide a valid professional registration certificate/ license issued by a relevant official authority in If there is no authority providing
the applicant's country of practice prior to arriving in the Kingdom . registration certificate/ license, then the
- Provide verification report issued by the SCFHS recognized company for that professional applicant should submit an evidence
Registration Certificate / registration certificate/ license. document issued by the country's Ministry
Professional Practice License of Health indicating that their country does
not have such issuing authority and provide
verification report from the recognized
verification company for the experience
letter only.
 Requirements Requirement details Few things to consider
- Provide Employer Identification Letter Employer Identification letter should include the following:
Note: Employer Identification Letter should be issued within the 3 months - Professional rank (e.g. consultant, specialist .. etc)
Employer Identification Letter preceding the submission of the application . - Specialty (e.g. Pharmacy, nursing .. etc)
- Start date
- Issuance date
- Conformation and description of clinical practice and duties in

‫شكرا جزيال‬
the same filed of specialization.
- Issued, signed and stamped by Human Resources department
or equivalent within the institution
- Provide a minimum of one year of experience for non-Saudis except Experience letter should include the following:
Experience Letter graduates of Saudi Universities. - Professional rank (e.g. consultant, specialist .. etc)
Note: Experience is not required from Saudis however there should be no - Specialty (e.g. Pharmacy, nursing .. etc)
discontinuation of professional practice for more than 2 years. - Start and end date
- Written evidence of the required work experience for the requested rank - Issuance date
should be provided based on executive regulations of professional - Issued, signed and stamped by Human Resources department
classification and registration.
or equivalent within the institution
Medical Report - For applicants over 65 years of age