Healthcare Regulators by Country and Profession: Regulators, titles, exams and English rules across the UK, USA and Europe

Who licenses health professionals in the UK, Ireland, the USA and 30 other European countries, and what the route looks like for each profession. 110 regulators and credentialing bodies are listed with the professions they cover. 33 country records give each health system's route summary. 191 rows then set out, for each profession in each country, the regulator, the protected title, requirements, exams, English or local-language rules and timeline. 1415 official source pages are linked. Published by MedicSail (https://medicsail.com), a licensing consultancy for internationally trained doctors, nurses, dentists, pharmacists and allied health professionals. The same figures appear on MedicSail's free guides and tools, where they are kept up to date. Files healthcare_regulators.csv: Regulators and credentialing bodies with the professions they cover and, where reviewed, their registers and English rules. (110 rows) Column Type Meaning regulator string Regulator name short_name string Abbreviation country string Country covers string Professions covered website string Official website registers_kept string Registers and professions it keeps, separated by ' / ' english_requirements string English or local-language rules page_last_reviewed datetime Date the MedicSail page was last reviewed (yyyy-mm-dd) source_names string Source pages named on the MedicSail page, separated by ' / ' source_urls string URLs of those pages, separated by ' / ' medicsail_page string MedicSail regulator page, or the country page if there is none countries.csv: One row per country covered, with its route summary and English test note. (33 rows) Column Type Meaning country string Country region string Region grouping used by MedicSail summary string Route summary regulators string Regulators, separated by ' / ' english_tests_note string What the country accepts or requires for language page_last_reviewed datetime Date last reviewed (yyyy-mm-dd) source_names string Source pages named on the MedicSail page, separated by ' / ' source_urls string URLs of those pages, separated by ' / ' medicsail_page string MedicSail country page profession_routes.csv: One row per profession, country and regulator: title, requirements, exams, English rules and timeline. (191 rows) Column Type Meaning profession string Profession country string Country regulator string Regulator protected_title_or_register_entry string Protected title or register entry requirements string Requirements for internationally trained applicants exams string Exams or assessments english string English or local-language rule timeline string Timeline as published notes string Other notes page_last_reviewed datetime Date last reviewed (yyyy-mm-dd) source_names string Source pages named on the MedicSail page, separated by ' / ' source_urls string URLs of those pages, separated by ' / ' medicsail_page string MedicSail page for the profession or country Notes Nothing is estimated. Text is as written on the MedicSail page, which cites the official sources given in source_urls. Sources are listed per page, not per sentence. Regulator websites, registers and English requirements are filled only where MedicSail has a full regulator page. Others show the name, country and professions covered. Profession routes describe what each regulator publishes for internationally trained applicants. Individual cases differ. Check the source page before you rely on or pay anything. Rules and fees change. This is general information, not immigration, legal or professional advice. MedicSail is independent and is not affiliated with any regulator or government body. Licence CC BY 4.0. You may reuse the data with attribution: "MedicSail, Healthcare Regulators by Country and Profession (October 2026), https://medicsail.com". Also on Kaggle: kaggle.com/datasets/medicsail/healthcare-regulators-by-country-and-profession. Current figures and guides: medicsail.com.