The Danish Supervisory Board of
Psychological Practice.

(Psykolognaevnet)

The organization.

 The Danish Board of Psychological Practice (Psykolognaevnet) is established according to Act No. 494 of June 30, 1993, the act on the rights and duties of psychologists, as amended by Act. No. 132 of February, 27, 2004.

 The Danish Board of Psychological Practice is organized within the framework of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Social Welfare, but is an independent organization. The decisions of the Board cannot be appealed to any other administrative authority.

The duties of the Board.

The act regarding psychologists states that the following are among duties of the Board.

-         The Board grants authorization to psychologists who have fulfilled the requirements of the theoretical and the practical education.

-         The Board supervises the work of all authorized psychologists.

-         The Board supervises the advertising of all psychologists.

-         The Board acts as the competent authority in Denmark for psychologists as regards to the recognition of education received in other EEC countries, as described in the EEC "Your Europe" Factsheets.

For information regarding the authorization of psychologists in Denmark please see the section :                      Authorization.

For information regarding the recognition of education please see the section  :
                                Recognition of Education. 

The members of the Board.

The Danish Supervisory Board of Psychological Practice is comprised of 9 members. The members are appointed by the Minister of Social Affairs for a period of 4 years.

Besides the member appointed directly by the Minister of Social Affairs, the minister appoints members nominated by:

The Minister for Health,

The Minister of Education,

The National Association of Local Authorities in Denmark,

The Association of County Councils in Denmark,

Copenhagen and Frederiksberg municipalities,

The Danish Council of Organizations of Disabled People,

The Danish Psychological Association.

 The address of the Board.

 The Danish Supervisory Board of Psychological Practice is served by a secretariat which handles enquiries addressed to the Board.

The Danish Supervisory Board of Psychological Practice can be reached at the following address :

The Supervisory Board
Psykolognaevnet
Holmens Kanal 22
DK-1060 Copenhagen K
DENMARK

Telephone: +45 72 26 97 70
Telefax:      +45 33 93 25 18

e-mail: pn@ism.dk

This page  was last updated on  10. November 2009