Certificate of good standing Ausstellung

If you are interested in working in an academic or non-academic health profession abroad, you will need a Certificate of good standing ( Certificate of good standing).

If you wish to work abroad in an academic or non-academic healthcare profession, you will usually need proof of the qualification you have acquired (proof of training). You will also need a Certificate of good standing (Certificate of good standing). This confirms that you are authorized to practice your profession without restriction. The certificate also shows that no professional or disciplinary action has been taken or initiated against you.

You can obtain a certificate of good standing from the local competent authority in the federal state in which you practice or last practiced your profession.

• Application for a clearance certificate
• Certificate of completed training (for example, certificate of medical examination)
  • (only if the training was completed in another federal state and/or the license or permission to use the professional title was issued in another federal state)
• Approbation certificate or certificate of permission to use a professional title
  • (only if the training was completed in another federal state and/or the license or permission to use the professional title was issued in another federal state)
• Continuing education designation (for example, specialist), if this is to be included in the certificate
• Doctorate certificate (if available)
• Proof of activity and certificate of good conduct (certificate of the competent professional chamber on the data kept there)
• Name change certificate (if applicable)

• Your last professional activity must have been in the state of application
• the professional activity must correspond to an academic or non-academic health profession
• if applicable, official certification and translation of documents into German
  • If copies are submitted, they must be officially certified. In the case of copies without official certification, the simultaneous submission of the originals is required.
  • Documents in foreign languages require an official German translation by an interpreter sworn in Germany.

the fees depend on the regulations in the respective federal state

• You send the application for the issuance of a clearance certificate to the competent authority
• The authority checks the requirements and issues the certificate of good standing

• Certificate of no objection for taking up work in a health profession abroad Issuance
• Certificate of educational qualification in an academic or non-academic health profession for taking up work abroad
• concerns academic health professions (e.g. physicians, dentists, veterinarians, pharmacists, food chemists, child and youth psychotherapists, psychological psychotherapists) and non-academic health professions (e.g. geriatric nurses, health and nursing assistants, medical-technical assistants, pharmaceutical-technical assistants, physiotherapists, ergotherapists, speech therapists, midwives)
• Confirmation of entitlement to unrestricted professional practice in Germany
• contains information on professional and disciplinary measures
• contains information on further training
• contains information on the duration of practice
• responsible: the authority determined by the federal state

The certificate of good standing is issued by the authority designated by the federal state.

The certificate of good standing is issued by the authority designated by the federal state.

• Forms: yes
• Online service: no
• Written form required: yes
• Personal appearance required: no