Procedure descriptions
Medical register - Apply for registration
You must first be entered in the register of doctors if you subsequently wish to be authorised to work as a doctor or psychotherapist.
The Associations of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians keep a register of doctors for each licensing district. It contains information about the person and professional activity that is important for authorisation.
Responsible authority
the medical register office at the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians in whose registration district you live
Note: If you are not resident in the Federal Republic of Germany, you are free to choose the register of doctors.
Details
Prerequisite
You must
- be licensed as a doctor and
- submit proof of
- the completion of specialised medical training or
- training obtained in another EU Member State in accordance with Directive 2005/36 EC.
To be registered as a psychotherapist, you must
- be licensed as a psychotherapist and
- submit a certificate of competence in a psychotherapy procedure recognised by the Federal Joint Committee (behavioural therapy, analytical psychotherapy or depth psychology-based psychotherapy).
Procedure
You must apply in writing to the competent authority for entry in the medical register. Once you have submitted the required documents and paid the registration fee, you are entitled to be entered in the register of doctors.
You will then receive written notification that you have been entered in the register of doctors.
Deadlines
None
Required documents
- Birth certificate (or corresponding proof from the civil status register)
- in the case of name changes, the relevant certificate or extract from the family register
- Licence to practise medicine
- Certificate of graduation
- Certificate of recognition as a medical specialist or qualification in the guideline procedure for psychotherapy or certificate of recognition as a psychotherapist
- Certificate(s) of completed further training
- if applicable, doctoral certificate or proof of the right to use academic degrees or titles
- if applicable, certificate of authorisation to use an academic degree obtained abroad
- Proof (e.g. certificates or attestations) of previous medical or psychotherapeutic activity
- proof of citizenship, if applicable
- for documents in a foreign language: the translation by a translator recognised by the German state
The documents must be submitted in the original or as officially notarised copies.
Costs
- 100,00 EUR
Miscellaneous
none
Detailed information
Legal basis
Zulassungsverordnung für Vertragsärzte (Ärzte-ZV) (Arztregister):
- §§ 1-10
Fünftes Buch Sozialgesetzbuch (SGB V):
- § 95 a Voraussetzung für die Eintragung in das Arztregister für Vertragsärzte
- § 95 c Voraussetzung für die Eintragung von Psychotherapeuten in das Arztregister
Artikel 30 in Verbindung mit Anhang V.1. der Richtlinie 2005/36/EG des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates vom 7. September 2005 über die Anerkennung von Berufsqualifikationen
Release note
machine generated, based on the German release by: Sozialministerium Baden-Württemberg, 16.05.2024