Heilpraktiker/ Heilpraktikerin - Erlaubnis

• Heilpraktiker Act (HeilprG)
• First Regulation for the Implementation of the Heilpraktikergesetz (HeilprGDV 1)
• Enforcement of the law on the practice of medicine without a medical certificate (Heilpraktikergesetz-HeilprG) in the version of 17.08.2009

If you want to work as a non-medical practitioner, you need the permission of the competent authority.

If you wish to practice medicine without being a licensed physician or holder of a permit within the meaning of Section 2, Paragraph 2 and Section 10 of the German Medical Code (Bundesärzteordnung), you require a permit in accordance with the Heilpraktikergesetz (Heilpraktiker Act). Part of the procedure is a medical examination.

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

The practice of healing is any professional or commercial activity to determine, cure or alleviate illness, suffering or physical injury in humans, even if it is performed in the service of others.

• identity card or passport
• proof that you have successfully completed at least secondary school
• official certificate of good conduct, which must not be older than three months
• a medical certificate, not older than three months, stating that there are no indications that the applicant lacks the necessary aptitude to practice the profession due to a physical ailment or due to weakness of his mental or physical powers or due to addiction
• Evidence of training courses for curative activities
• Information on whether a general non-medical practitioner's license or a license limited to non-medical psychotherapy is being applied for
• Address of the intended place of establishment (practice)
• Residence permit (for nationals from countries outside the European Economic Area) and work permit (for intended practice)

• Processing costs for the permit procedure: approx. 180.00 Euro according to the Thuringian General Administrative Cost Regulations (as of June 1, 2010)
• Costs for the knowledge examination: 250.00 to 300.00 Euro (as of June 1, 2010) according to the Thuringian Administrative Cost Regulations for the area of responsibility of the Ministry for Social Affairs, Family and Health
• Costs for the work of assessors during the oral examination: 50.00 euros per assessor in accordance with the Thuringian decree of the Ministry of Social Affairs, Family and Health dated August 17, 2009.

Permission must be obtained before starting to work as a non-medical practitioner. Permission is not granted if the applicant has not yet reached the age of 25.

The Heilpraktiker license exclusively in the field of psychotherapy ("small Heilpraktiker") may differ in the scope of the knowledge examination. If the applicant proves that he/she has obtained a diploma degree in psychology or a master's degree at a domestic university or at a foreign university recognized as equivalent, and if the subject "clinical psychology" was also the subject of the final examination pursuant to Section 15 (2) sentence 1 of the Framework Act for Higher Education, the required knowledge shall be deemed to have been proven.

In the case of applicants who provide evidence of completed training for the medical profession, but at least of passing the second section of the medical examination in accordance with the Approbationsordnung für Ärzte (Regulations on the Approval of Doctors), or of an equivalent degree from a foreign medical school, but who have not been admitted to practice medicine, a special form of knowledge review shall also apply.

• If you want to practice medicine without being a licensed physician or holder of a permit in the sense of the Federal Medical Code, you need a permit in accordance with the Heilpraktikergesetz.
• Part of the procedure is a medical examination.
• Certain requirements have to be met and proof of this has to be provided.
• Fees will be charged.
• Responsible: The application is submitted to the regulatory office of the respective district administrative authority (district administration office / independent city), which is responsible for the location of the future medical activity.
• The knowledge check to be carried out as part of the permit procedure is carried out by the Office for Social Affairs and Health (Health Office of the Erfurt city administration).

The application is submitted to the regulatory offices of the respective district administrative authority (district office / independent city), which is responsible for the location of the future medical activity.

The knowledge check to be carried out as part of the licensing procedure is carried out by the Office for Social Affairs and Health (Health Office of the Erfurt city administration).