Jump to content

BIG-register

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The BIG-register (acronym: beroepen in de individuele gezondheidszorg; Dutch: professions in the individual healthcare) is a Dutch online registry for healthcare professionals. Healthcare professionals, such as physicians and 12 other professions, are required by law to register in the BIG-register before they can practise their profession or use their protected professional titles. The registry is freely accessible online, creating a method for the public to review whether or not their healthcare provider is registered.[1]

History

[edit]

The registry was introduced on 1 December 1997 when the 1993 law on professions in the individual healthcare came into effect (Dutch: Wet op de beroepen in de individuele gezondheidszorg), replacing the 1865 law on exercising healthcare (Dutch: Wet Uitoefening Geneeskunst).

Professions

[edit]

The following professions are required to register in the BIG-register:[1][2]

  • allied medical care professional (temporary BIG registration; Dutch: bachelor medisch hulpverlener)
  • clinical technologist (Dutch: klinisch technoloog)
  • dentist (Dutch: tandarts)
  • physician (Dutch: arts)
  • health psychologist (Dutch: gezondheidszorgpsycholoog)
  • midwife (Dutch: verloskundige)
  • nurse (Dutch: verpleegkundige)
  • pharmacist (Dutch: apotheker)
  • psychotherapist (Dutch: psychotherapeut)
  • physician assistant
  • physiotherapist (Dutch: fysiotherapeut)
  • registered dental hygienist (temporary BIG registration; Dutch: geregistreerd-mondhygiënist)
  • remedial educationalist (Dutch: orthopedagoog-generalist)

Protected professional title, registration, disciplinary law

[edit]

Anyone who is not registered is not allowed to refer themselves by the name of the profession, even if they have the right education or practised in the past.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b BIG-register, reviewed on 8 January 2022
  2. ^ Law on professions in the individual healthcare, article 3, wetten.overheid.nl, reviewed on 08-01-2022