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Licensure Examination 2022

This document outlines the licensure examination process for health professionals in Bahrain. It discusses the professions that require passing a licensure exam before being issued a license, as well as the application process. Applicants get an eligibility code upon approval of their application to register for the exam. Candidates have four attempts over three years, and if they fail the fourth attempt, they must complete a six-month retraining program before getting two more attempts over two years. Medical practitioner training must include four months of rotations in key specialties. Contact information is provided for questions.

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Licensure Examination 2022

This document outlines the licensure examination process for health professionals in Bahrain. It discusses the professions that require passing a licensure exam before being issued a license, as well as the application process. Applicants get an eligibility code upon approval of their application to register for the exam. Candidates have four attempts over three years, and if they fail the fourth attempt, they must complete a six-month retraining program before getting two more attempts over two years. Medical practitioner training must include four months of rotations in key specialties. Contact information is provided for questions.

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LICENSURE EXAMINATION

February 2021
INTRODUCTION

NHRA is the responsible body for licensing of all health professionals practicing in Bahrain as per law
No. (38) for 2009 to establish NHRA. Licensing of health professionals is regulated by different
professionals’ laws and regulations. The department of Professionals regulations at NHRA is
responsible for issuing all professional licensing and follows an internal process that requires
submitting application forms and documents that are a pre-requisite before issuing the license. In this
booklet we address the procedures and requirements for licensure examinations.

LICENSURE EXAMINATION

Introduction
Certain applicants may be required to pass the licensure examination prior to being issued a license to
practice in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The professions currently required to go through the examinations
include:

1. Ambulance Nurse 2. Anesthesia Technician


3. Audiologist 4. Audiology Technician
5. CSS Aide 6. CSS Technician
7. Dental Assistant 8. Dental Hygienist
9. Dental Lab Technician 10. Dental Practitioner
11. Dialysis Technician 12. Dietician
13. ECG Technician 14. Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) -
Basic
15. Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) – 16. General Nurse
Intermediate
17. Medical Laboratory Specialty Title 18. Medical Laboratory Technician
19. Medical Laboratory Technologist 20. Medical Practitioner
21. Midwife 22. Nuclear Medicine Technologist
23. Nutrition Technician 24. Nutritionist
25. Occupation Therapist 26. Occupational Therapy Technician
27. Optometrist 28. Optometry Technician
29. Paramedic 30. Pharmacist
31. Pharmacy Technician 32. Phlebotomist
33. Physiotherapist 34. Physiotherapy Technician
35. Prosthetics & Orthotics Technician 36. Prosthetist/Orthotist
37. Psychologist 38. Psychometrist
39. Radiologic Technician 40. Radiologic Technologist
41. Respiratory Therapist 42. Respiratory Therapy Technician

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Examination Application:

❖ All professionals must submit a complete license application through the online system prior to
being permitted to appear for the licensure examination.

❖ Once a license application is approved, an eligibility code will be generated for the applicant and
sent to him/her through the online system

❖ The candidate is to use the code generated to register for the licensure examination.

❖ The eligibility code can be used for a single attempt only.

❖ Once the applicant obtains the result, he/she should upload a copy of the examination report with
their online application.

❖ If the applicant passed the exam, the process of a new license will be completed.

❖ If the applicant fails the exam, the eligibility code will be reactivated and the applicant will be
notified through the online system keeping in mind the permitted examination attempts detailed
below.

❖ Any examination attempted without the approval of NHRA will not be accepted.

❖ Prometric examination results pre-dating these instructions will not be accepted.

❖ For Medical and Dental practitioners, exams done before or during Internship will not be accepted

❖ The pass mark for nursing, midwifery, and allied professions is set at 50%

❖ The pass mark for all other professions is set at 60%.

❖ Note : if prometric was taken from another center the pass mark will be taken according to that

center .

Examination Attempts

As per decision number 29 for the year 2020 pertaining to the licensure examinations, the following
applies for the number of permitted examination attempts:

1. An applicant may be allowed to appear for the licensure examination four consecutive times
provided that the attempts are done within a maximum of three years from the first attempt.

2. Should the applicant fail the fourth attempt, he/she will be required to go through a re-training
period of a minimum of six months in a licensed health care facility in the Kingdom of Bahrain and to
provide proof of completion of this training.

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3. Following the re-training period, the applicant may be permitted to re-appear for the licensure
examination for two more attempts provided that they are done within a maximum of two years
from the date of completion of re-training.

4. Medical Practitioners training must include rotations in General Surgery, Internal Medicine,
Pediatrics, and Obstetrics & Gynecology for at least 4 months from the total period.

CONTACT US

For further clarifications please do not hesitate to contact us directly, we will be happy to assist you

Health Profession Regulation Office


Chief zubaida.alshaikh@nhra.bh

Dental dental@nhra.bh
Medical medical@nhra.bh 17113329
Allied allied@nhra.bh
Nursing nursing@nhra.bh

Pharmacists pharmacy@nhra.bh

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