Dienstleistungsportal Bayern

Description

Prerequisites

Approbation is subject to various requirements relating to successful completion of studies, personal and health suitability for practicing the profession, and sufficient German language skills.

Special notes

In the case of merely temporary and occasional medical activity (service), a license or permit is not required. Rather, for the provision of services, it is sufficient to register with the competent authority and submit certain documents (see under "Related topics").

Deadlines

The application for licensure is not bound by any 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.

• Proof of exemption from punishment

  • Submission of criminal record extracts from all countries outside Germany in which the applicant has resided for more than six months.
  • The criminal record excerpts must not be older than three months at the time the application is received.
  • A certified copy of each of these extracts must be submitted.
  • In addition, a certificate of good conduct of the 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 physician". 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: language test to prove the required language skills

  (The registration with the competent chamber of health professions is carried out by the professional registration office. The result is transmitted directly from there).

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

  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 200 EUR is payable for the license to practice medicine. If you completed your training in an EU member state, an EEA member state or in Switzerland, the fee is 250 to 500 EUR. There are additional costs for the specialist language test.

Legal bases

• § 3 Bundesärzteordnung (BÄO)

Remedy

administrative claim

Related issues

• Physician; notification of temporary and occasional provision of services.
• Physician; application for a license to practice medicine when trained in a third country
• Medical doctor; application for a permit to temporarily practice medicine
• Medical specialist; application for recognition of a foreign specialist qualification from the EU
• Specialist; application for recognition of a foreign specialist qualification from a third country.