CAEN Code 8690: Other human health activities

This class includes:

  • activities for human health not performed by hospitals or medical doctors or dentists:
    • activities of nurses, midwives, physiotherapists or other paramedical practitioners in the field of optometry, hydrotherapy, medical massage, occupational therapy, speech therapy, chiropody, homeopathy, chiropractic, acupuncture etc These activities may be carried out in health clinics such as those attached to firms, schools, homes for the aged, labour organisations and fraternal organisations and in residential health facilities other than hospitals, as well as in own consulting rooms, patients' homes or elsewhere

This class also includes:

  • activities of dental paramedical personnel such as dental therapists, school dental nurses and dental hygienists, who may work remote from, but are periodically supervised by, the dentist
  • activities of medical laboratories, including:
    • X-ray labs and other diagnostic imaging centres
    • Laboratoare de analize de sânge
  • activities of blood banks, sperm banks, transplant organ banks, etc.
  • ambulance transport of patients by any mode of transport including airplanes These services are often provided during a medical emergency

This class excludes:

  • production of artificial teeth, denture and prosthetic appliances by dental laboratories, see CAEN 3250
  • transfer of patients, without life-saving equipment or medical personnel, see divisions 49, 50, 51 - non-medical laboratory testing, see CAEN 7120
  • testing activities in the field of food hygiene, see CAEN 7120
  • hospital activities, see CAEN 8610
  • medical and dental practice activities, see 862 - residential nursing care facilities, see CAEN 8710

Also used for in caselaw: Also used for in caselaw:

  • Reflexotherapy
  • Medical imaging for diagnostic purposes
  • Hydroterapie cu colon
  • Ultrasound
  • Activities of shiatsu practitioners
  • Laboratory doping control activities