Dienstleistungsportal Bayern

Description

Prerequisites

Licensure is linked to various requirements relating to the successful completion of training as a psychotherapist and personal and health suitability for practicing the profession.

Special notes

The granting of a license to practice medicine or a professional permit requires, among other things, that you have the necessary knowledge of the German language to practice your profession. The 87th Conference of Health Ministers in 2014 agreed in a key points paper on the requirements for knowledge of the German language and how this knowledge can be demonstrated. The following applies:

1. the required German language skills are deemed to be proven for applicants for whom the licensing authority determines without doubt that German is spoken and written fluently (e.g. as a native language) or that the completion of medical, dental, pharmaceutical or psychotherapeutic training (proof of training) was obtained in German.

2. proof of the required German language skills is generally deemed to have been provided if the applicant has completed at least ten years of general schooling at a German-speaking school or has completed at least three years of vocational training in German.

3. if the proof is not deemed to have been provided in accordance with 1. or 2. above, the language skills required for exercising the profession are deemed to have been provided by submitting a certificate from an ALTE-certified language institute at level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) (certified copy).

4. specialist language tests taken at the Chamber of Psychotherapists or the competent authority of another country, as well as special specialist language tests from other examination institutions, are recognized if they are suitable for demonstrating the language skills required to practice the profession. Whether this requirement is met in individual cases must be clarified in advance with the competent professional licensing office.

Deadlines

The application for approval is not subject to a time limit.

Required documents

• Birth certificate/parentage certificate or extract from the parents' family register

  (certified copy)

• if the name used differs from that on the birth certificate: proof of a change of name (e.g. marriage certificate)

  (certified copy)

• valid proof of identity (e.g. passport)

  (certified copy)

• complete and personally signed curriculum vitae

  (tabular and chronological list of the training courses completed and the relevant gainful activities pursued, stating the periods (month/year) and enclosing the relevant supporting documents)

• medical certificate (original)

  This must be issued and signed by a general practitioner or internist practicing in Germany or another state party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or in Switzerland and bear a practice or clinic stamp. If the practice or clinic stamp is not available in German, a German translation of the stamp is required.

• Certificate of good conduct of document type "O

  • If the applicant has already stayed in Germany for more than six months in the past or has had or still has a residence in Germany.
  • In Germany, this must be applied for at the registration office of the place of residence, stating the purpose "Approbation as a psychotherapist". The certificate of good conduct is sent directly to the competent authority by the Federal Office of Justice.

• Proof of your completed education (certified copy)

  • In the case of training in Bavaria, this is sent directly to the Berufszulassungsstelle by the Landesprüfungsamt.
  • In the case of training in an EU member state, an EEA member state or in Switzerland: proof of training such as diploma or, if applicable, further country-specific proof in accordance with Annex 5 of Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications.

• for training abroad: if applicable, certificate of good standing (certified copy)

  Required from all countries where the health professional activity has already been practiced.

• for training abroad: proof of the language skills required for practicing the profession

  (Proof can be provided in different ways. You can find more information on this under "Special instructions").

Forms

Please select a location in "Localization" so that the address of the responsible authority can be filled in.

• Prefillable Form, Bavaria-wide:
  Ärztliches Attest
• Prefillable Form, Bavaria-wide: Approbationsantrag gemäß Psychotherapeutengesetz (PsychThG) - Drittstaat - Ausbildung außerhalb dem EWR oder Schweiz

  Please note

  This form has to be signed and sent to the responsible authority. You can sign the form manually and send it by email/fax or sign the form electronically with your qualified electronic signature an send it by (secure) email. If the responsible authority has set up a De-Mail account, you can also send the form by De-Mail using an sender-confirmed message.

• Prefillable Form, Bavaria-wide: Approbationsantrag gemäß Psychotherapeutengesetz (PsychThG) - Ausbildung in anderem EWR-Vertragsstaat oder Schweiz

  Please note

  This form has to be signed and sent to the responsible authority. You can sign the form manually and send it by email/fax or sign the form electronically with your qualified electronic signature an send it by (secure) email. If the responsible authority has set up a De-Mail account, you can also send the form by De-Mail using an sender-confirmed message.

Online procedures

• Antrag auf Erteilung einer Approbation oder einer Erlaubnis zur vorübergehenden Ausübung eines akademischen Heilberufs

  You can submit a request for a license to practice or a permit to temporarily practice an academic health profession online to the relevant government.

Fees

• A fee of EUR 200 for training in Germany or EUR 250 to 500 for training in another EU member state must be paid for the license to practice.

Legal bases

• Gesetz über den Beruf der Psychotherapeutin und des Psychotherapeuten (Psychotherapeutengesetz - PsychThG)

  § 2 Erteilung der Approbation

• Gesetz über den Beruf der Psychotherapeutin und des Psychotherapeuten (Psychotherapeutengesetz - PsychThG)

  § 12 Anerkennung von Berufsqualifikationen aus anderen Mitgliedstaaten, anderen Vertragsstaaten oder gleichgestellten Staaten

Remedy

Administrative court action

Related issues

• Psychotherapist; application for a license to practice if trained in a third country
• Psychotherapist; application for a temporary license to practice the profession