Erlaubnis zur Ausübung der Heilkunde beantragen

If you want to set up as a non-medical practitioner to practice medicine, you need a license.

If you want to work as a non-medical practitioner, you need a license.

A Heilpraktiker is a person who practices medicine professionally without being licensed as a doctor. The practice of medicine is any professional or commercial activity to diagnose, cure or alleviate illness, suffering or physical injury in humans, even if it is carried out in the service of others. In addition, the activity must require specialist medical knowledge and must not cause any damage to health. To practise medicine, you must apply for and obtain a license from the competent authority.

A non-medical practitioner is a person who practices medicine professionally without being licensed as a doctor. The practice of medicine is any professional or commercial activity to diagnose, cure or alleviate illness, suffering or physical injury in humans, even if it is carried out in the service of others. If you wish to work as a non-medical practitioner for the practice of medicine, you require a license.

• Identity card or passport,
• for name changes, a birth certificate/name change certificate
• Curriculum vitae in tabular form
• If applicable, a registration certificate (if the identification document is not an identity card)
• Information from the Federal Central Register (document type 0)
• Proof of successful graduation from school
• Certificate from a registered doctor
• Proof of criminal proceedings
• Further documents and evidence if necessary

You will need the following documents to register for the alternative practitioner examination:

• Informal application (if already known, stating the intended future place of establishment)
• Birth certificate
• Presentation of the federal identity card (certified copy)
• Last school leaving certificate (certified copy)
• Police clearance certificate of document type O not older than 3 months at the time of application (for submission to authorities)
• Curriculum vitae
• Confirmation of registration from the responsible registration office ! Registration certificate of the 1st place of residence, which must not be older than 3 months
• Proof of any previous training as a non-medical practitioner
• Medical certificate of health, which must not be older than 3 months at the time of application and which confirms physical and mental aptitude (family doctor or public health officer)

You must

• be at least 25 years old,
• have at least a secondary school leaving certificate or another equivalent qualification,
• be able to prove their physical and mental aptitude to practise medicine by means of a medical certificate and
• be able to prove the reliability required for practicing medicine by means of an official certificate of good conduct.

• You must have reached the age of 25,
• be medically fit to practise the profession,
• and you must prove to the health authority, when your knowledge and skills are tested, that practicing medicine does not pose a risk to human health.

The license entitles you to use the professional title "Heilpraktikerin" or "Heilpraktiker".

• Written and oral knowledge test of candidates for alternative practitioners - also in limited form - as well as examination according to the First Implementing Ordinance to the Alternative Practitioners Act of February 18, 1939 (RGBl. I p. 259) in the currently valid version: 365.00 euros
• Written knowledge test for candidates for alternative practitioners - also in a restricted form - in accordance with the First Implementing Ordinance to the Alternative Practitioners Act: 150.00 euros
• Oral examination of knowledge of candidates for alternative practitioners - also in a restricted form - in accordance with the First Implementing Ordinance to the Alternative Practitioners Act: 215.00 euros
• Examination of knowledge on file of candidates for alternative practitioners - also in a restricted form - in accordance with the First Implementing Ordinance to the Alternative Practitioners Act: 50.00 to 150.00 euros
• Postponement of a scheduled written or oral knowledge examination date at the request - medical certificate - of the candidate alternative practitioner: 25.00 euros
• Granting of a license to practice as a non-medical practitioner (non-medical practitioner license) - also in restricted form -: 140.00 euros
• Withdrawal or revocation of a non-medical practitioner's license: according to time spent

• You submit the application to practise medicine, including all the necessary documents, to the competent body.
• The competent body checks whether all requirements have been met
• You take the knowledge test (written and oral)
• If you pass the examination, you will be granted a license.

30 days to 3 months

Once you have submitted the application for permission to practice, the competent authority will decide on this in a timely manner. Please note that there is usually a waiting period between application and invitation to the examination. In the run-up to the examination, the necessary documents are requested and invitations are sent out.

There is no overriding deadline; individual deadlines result from examination dates and any requirements for evidence.

The knowledge checks take place on fixed examination dates. The 3rd Wednesday in March and the 2nd Wednesday in October with the first, written part of the examination. Approximately 2 weeks later, the oral examinations begin for those who have passed the written part. The application deadline is December 31 for the March exam and June 30 for the October exam (documents must be received in Mainz!).

Objection (yes, an objection may be excluded under national law)

Administrative court action

• Permission to practise medicine
• If you want to set up as a non-medical practitioner to practice medicine, you need a license.
• Responsible: Depends on the respective state law

• Practice of medicine Permit
• Anyone wishing to work as a non-medical practitioner for the practice of medicine requires a license.
• Requirements:
  • You must have reached the age of 25,
  • there must be an aptitude in terms of health for practicing the profession,
  • it must be proven during the examination of knowledge and skills by the public health department that the practice of medicine by the applicant does not pose a risk to human health.
• Documents required:
  • Informal application (if already known, stating the intended future place of establishment)
  • Birth certificate
  • Presentation of the federal identity card (certified copy)
  • Last school leaving certificate (certified copy)
  • Police clearance certificate of document type O not older than 3 months at the time of application (for submission to authorities)
  • Curriculum vitae
  • Confirmation of registration from the responsible registration office ! Registration certificate of the 1st place of residence, which must not be older than 3 months
  • Proof of any previous training as a non-medical practitioner
  • Medical certificate of health, which must not be older than 3 months at the time of application and which confirms physical and mental aptitude (family doctor or public health officer)
• Fees apply.
• responsible: The application for admission as a non-medical practitioner must be submitted to the regulatory office of the responsible district or city administration (lower administrative authority)

The application for admission as a non-medical practitioner must be submitted to the public order office of the district or city administration responsible for you (lower administrative authority). They will forward the application to the competent state-wide inspection authority, the Mainz-Bingen district administration, Department of Healthcare. This department is also the point of contact for all questions regarding the implementation of the inspections (e.g. making appointments).