• License Types and Requirements
• How to Apply
• Application Forms
• Fees

License Types and Requirements

How to Apply

• New License
  
  Here you can learn about the key steps of obtaining a new license for nurses and midwives in Bahrain
  Key steps
        For Bahraini applicants:
  
  1. Apply for a position as a nurse/midwife in Bahrain and get a job offer
  2. Retrieve an application form (form 1) from your prospective employer or the NHRA Licensure and Registration Office.
  3. Fill out the application form (form 1) using this instruction sheet as a guide.
  4. Submit the completed application form to the NHRA by post or in person at the address provided in the instruction sheet. Make sure you attach all required documents mentioned in both the application form and the instruction sheet.
  5. Receive an application number from the NHRA, either by phone, email or post once the above documents have been received at the NHRA.
  6. Get pre-employment medical examination certificate from your Local Health Centre.
  7. Verify your professional degree from Ministry of Education (for applicants who obtained their professional degree outside Bahrain), requesting them to send it directly to the NHRA.
  8. Once the required verification forms have been received, directly and in sealed envelopes, the Nursing and Midwifery Committee will review your file and make decision regarding your application.
  9. Receive notification that your license has been approved or rejected from the NHRA either by phone, email or post.
  10. If approved, go to the cashier at the Directorate of Finance at the Ministry of Health and pay the license fee.
  11. Bring your receipt to the NHRA Licensure and Registration Office, where you can pick up your license.
        NOTE: YOUR LICENSE MUST BE RENEWED ANNUALLY
  
        For Non Bahraini applicants:
  
  1. Apply for a position as a Nurse/Midwife in Bahrain and get a job offer.
  2. Retrieve an application package from your prospective employer or the NHRA Licensure and Registration Office.
  3. Fill out the application form (form 1) using this instruction sheet as a guide.
  4. Submit the completed application form only (form No 1) to the NHRA by mail or in person at the address provided in the instruction sheet. Make sure you attach all required documents mentioned in both the application form and the instruction sheet.
  5. Receive an application number from the NHRA Licensure and Registration Office, either by phone, email or post once the above documents have been received at the NHRA.
  6. Fill out Part 1 of the four verification forms with application number and name (for applicants who obtained their professional degree outside Bahrain). Send one to each licensing authority where you are or have ever been registered (form 4), one to the school where you obtained your professional degree (form 3) and two to your previous supervisors (form 2). Follow the instruction sheet. Make sure to request each of them to send the form directly to the NHRA.
  7. Once all verification forms have been received, directly and in sealed envelopes, the Nursing and Midwifery Committee will review your file and make decision regarding your application.
  8. Receive notification that your license has been approved or rejected from the NHRA either by phone, email or post.
  9. If approved, obtain a work permit from your prospective employer, get pre-employment medical examination certificate from AlRazi Health Centre and C.P.R. and submit these documents to the NHRA Licensure and Registration Office.
  10. On receiving notification, go to the cashier at the Directorate of Finance at the Ministry of Health and Pay the license fee.
  11. Bring your receipt to the NHRA Licensure and Registration Office, where you can pick up your license.
        NOTE: YOUR LICENSE MUST BE RENEWED ANNUALLY
  
  
• Renew License
  
  Here you can learn about the key steps of renewing your nurse/midwifery license in Bahrain.
  Key steps
  1. Retrieve an application for renewal (form 6) from your employer or the NHRA Licensure and Registration Office
  2. Fill out the application form including the list of accredited continuing nursing education (CNE) that you have obtained during the license period
  3. Submit entire application together with reference letter from current or previous employer to NHRA by post or in person at the address provided in the instruction sheet.
  4. Wait for the nursing profession registrar to review your file and make a recommendation regarding licensure
  5. Receive notification that your license renewal has been approved or rejected from NHRA Licensure and Registration Office by phone, email or post.
  6. If approved, bring your old license and go to the cashier at the Directorate of Finance at the Ministry of Health and pay for the renewal of license
  7. Bring your receipt together with your old license to the NHRA Licensure and Registration Office where you can pick up your renewed license

Application Forms
Here you can download the forms that you need to fill out and submit together with important documents in order to obtain a license.

There are two different application forms for nurses and midwives:

1. Application for a License to Practice as a Health Professional
2. Application Form for renewal of license to practice

Fees

License fees should be paid at the cashier in the Directorate of Finance at the Ministry of Health.

Code of Ethics

• Bahrain National Code of Professional Conduct for Nursing