Erlaubnis zum Führen der Berufsbezeichnung Medizinisch-technische(r) Laboratoriumsassistentin / -assistent Erteilung

If you want to use the job title of medical-technical laboratory assistant, you need a permit. You can find out more here.

The job title " medical-technical laboratory assistant", is regulated in Germany.

This means that in order to work in Germany as a medical-technical laboratory assistant in Germany, you need a state permit. With this permit, you can use the job title and work in the profession. You must apply for it.

As with all medical-technical professions, the professional license is issued after you have passed a state examination, provided you have the necessary health and personal aptitude (reliability).

Areas of activity include Hospitals, medical practices

The license is issued if you

• have passed the state examination as a medical-technical laboratory assistant following training,
• have not been guilty of any conduct that makes you unreliable to practice the profession,
• are medically fit to practise the profession,
• have the necessary knowledge of the German language to exercise the profession.

Note: Depends on the respective administrative fee schedule of the state or the fee statutes of the authorities responsible under state law.

Once you have submitted the application and all the documents are complete, the competent authority will check whether you meet all the requirements.

If you meet all the requirements, you will receive the permit.

You may only start working once you have received the permit.

not defined. Several weeks on average.

Appeal (appeal may be excluded depending on national law), administrative court action

• Permission to use the professional title of medical laboratory assistant
• Applicant applies for permission to use the job title "medical laboratory assistant"
• Application for permission to use the professional title under the following conditions:
  • has completed the prescribed training and passed the state examination,
  • has not been guilty of any conduct that would render him/her unreliable for practicing the profession,
  • is not unfit in terms of health to practise the profession and
  • has the necessary knowledge of the German language to exercise the profession.
• Responsible: Depends on the respective state law