Approbation als Arzt beantragen

Bundesärzteordnung (BÄO):

• § 1 Einzelnorm
• § 2 Einzelnorm
• § 3 Einzelnorm
• § 10 Einzelnorm

Gesetz über die Ausübung der Zahnheilkunde (ZHG):

• § 1 Approbation als Zahnarzt

You need a licence to practise medicine or a temporary professional licence if you want to work as a doctor in Germany.

• Officially certified copy of the identity card or passport
• Birth certificate, if this has not already been submitted as part of the medical examination. If your name has changed, proof of the change of name from the registry office (e.g. extract from the family register, marriage certificate) showing the current name is required (also a copy certified by the mayor's office or, in exceptional cases, the original).
• Curriculum vitae in tabular form with details of educational and professional background
• Personal declaration with date and signature that no criminal proceedings or investigations by the public prosecutor's office have been or are pending against you.
• A current medical certificate stating that you are "not medically unfit to practise the profession (as a doctor)";
  It must be dated, stamped and signed by the doctor.
• If you are not applying for a licence to practise medicine in direct temporal connection with the medical examination, a copy of the medical examination certificate
• Certificate of good conduct of "Belegart OB"
  Please state "Approbation als Arzt/Ärztin" as the intended purpose and "Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart, Referat 95" as the recipient.
• For stays abroad from the age of majority (longer than one year), a police clearance certificate from abroad must be submitted (original with official translation; not older than three months).

• You have completed a German medical training programme.
• You are worthy, reliable and in good health to practise the desired profession.

EUR 250,00

Submit the application for a licence to practise in writing. You can download the relevant application form from the Internet.

You will receive the certificate by post.

approximately two to four weeks after receipt of the complete application and all required documents.

Four weeks before the date of the oral examination of the third section of the medical examination.

Please note: Certain required documents must not be older than 1 month!

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If your application for a medical licence is rejected, you can lodge an objection.