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Article 27 work route — professional nurse

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Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

Yes: public and private healthcare facilities may hire the nurses, including on an open-ended basis, through a specific procedure; temporary-work agencies may request the nulla osta after obtaining a copy of their contract with the healthcare facility; cooperatives may apply if they directly manage the whole facility or a ward or service.

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  • https://www.normattiva.it/uri-res/N2Ls?urn:nir:presidente.repubblica:decreto:1999-08-31;394~art40
    Le strutture sanitarie, sia pubbliche che private, sono legittimate all'assunzione degli infermieri, anche a tempo indeterminato, tramite specifica procedura. Le società di lavoro interinale possono richiedere il nullaosta per l'assunzione di tale personale previa acquisizione della copia del contratto stipulato con la struttura sanitaria pubblica o privata. Le cooperative sono legittimate alla presentazione della richiesta di nullaosta, qualora gestiscano direttamente l'intera struttura sanitaria o un reparto o un servizio della medesima.

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

Only nurses holding the specific qualification recognised by the Italian Ministry of Health qualify; unlike most Article 27 categories, nurses are not exempt from the prior labour-market procedure of Article 22(4).

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What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

The permission covers nursing work; category (r-bis) workers may start a new employment relationship provided the job title matches the one for which the original nulla osta was issued. The official source does not state whether family may accompany the holder.

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  • Family accompaniment is not addressed in the cited provisions.

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

For open-ended hires the nulla osta is granted without time limit; otherwise it cannot exceed the fixed-term contract and in any case two years (extension up to two more). Renewal is possible within the same employment on proof of contributions; permits cannot be converted (save Art. 14(5)). The official source does not state a longer-term residence direction.

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  • No longer-term residence direction is stated in the cited provisions.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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