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Apply for registration in the medical register

Service Description

If you want to work as a contract physician or contract therapist in outpatient care in Germany, you must register with the physician register.

The associations of panel doctors maintain a physician register for each registration district. The KV in whose area of responsibility your place of residence is located is always responsible for registering you as a physician (principle of place of residence). Registration in the physician register is a basic prerequisite for admission or employment as an SHI-accredited physician or psychotherapist.

Process flow

You must apply for entry in the medical register in writing to the relevant office using the application form.

  • Once you have submitted the required documents and paid the fee for registration, you are entitled to be entered in the Medical Register.
  • You will then receive written information about the registration in the medical register.

Who should I contact?

Pursuant to Section 4 (1) of the Ordinance on the Admission of SHI-accredited Physicians (Ärzte-ZV), the responsible authority is the Association of SHI-accredited Physicians (Kassenärztliche Vereinigung) in whose area of responsibility your place of residence is located (principle of place of residence).

Competent authority

The Kassenärztliche Vereinigung (Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians) in whose area of responsibility your place of residence is located is responsible (principle of place of residence).

Requirements

You must:

  • be licensed as a medical doctor and
  • present proof of completion of specialist training or training acquired in another EU member state in accordance with Directive 2005/36 EC.

To be registered as a psychological psychotherapist, you must:

  • be licensed as a psychological psychotherapist and
  • present proof of qualification in the guideline procedure of psychotherapy

Which documents are required?

  • Birth certificate
  • Documents proving a possible change of name or the right to use a double name (e.g. marriage certificate)
  • License to practice medicine
  • Certificate of graduation, if applicable
  • Certificate of recognition as a specialist or qualification in the guideline procedure for psychotherapy
  • Evidence/certificates of previous medical/psychotherapeutic activity
  • Certificates of completed further training
  • Doctorate certificate or proof of the right to use academic degrees or titles
  • Proof of citizenship, if applicable
  • in the case of foreign language documents: Translation by a state-approved translator or translator who has been sworn in by a court in Germany
  • for documents from third countries (outside the European Union): Apostille or legalization

Documents must be presented in the original or as an officially certified copy. The medical registers can, under certain circumstances, make corresponding certifications.

What are the fees?

Fee: 100,00 EUR
Payment in advance: No
according to § 46 Admission Ordinance for Panel Doctors (Ärzte-ZV)

Legal basis

Applications / forms

  • Objection
  • Complaint

Appeal

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

What else should I know?

Please note: The registration of a physician in a panel physician association is not the same as the registration in the register kept by the state medical association.

Author

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

Technically approved by

Thuringian Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Health, Women and Family Affairs

Professionally released on

06.02.2023

Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)

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