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Apply for permission to practice medicine in the field of psychotherapy
Service Description
Psychotherapy may only be practiced by persons trained for this purpose. You can practise it if you have a license to practice
- as a psychotherapist or psychotherapist or
- as a medical doctor.
If you do not have this license, you can also work as a non-medical practitioner in psychotherapy. For this you need
- an unrestricted license or
- a license limited to the field of psychotherapy
As a non-medical practitioner in the field of psychotherapy, you can help people in various crisis situations.
However, the following are not permitted
- the dispensing of pharmacy-only medicines
- the prescribing of prescription medicines
- issuing medical certificates or sick notes
The professional title "psychotherapist" is protected. As a non-medical practitioner, you are not permitted to use this title.
Process flow
- You submit the application to practise medicine with all the necessary documents to the competent body.
- The competent authority will check whether all requirements have been met.
- If you pass the examination, you will be granted a license.
Who should I contact?
Please contact the public order office of the district or independent city that is responsible for the location of the future medical practice. The knowledge check to be carried out as part of the licensing procedure is carried out by the public health department (currently the Erfurt district authority).
Requirements
You must
- be at least 25 years old
- have at least a secondary school leaving certificate or another equivalent qualification
- be physically and mentally fit to practise medicine
- be able to prove the required reliability by means of an official certificate of good conduct
- provide proof of having passed the knowledge test
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
There is no deadline.
Legal basis
- § Section 1 (2) of the Act on the Professional Practice of Medicine without Appointment (Heilpraktikergesetz)
- First Implementing Ordinance to the Act on the Professional Practice of Medicine without Appointment (Heilpraktikergesetz)
- Announcement of guidelines for the examination of candidates for alternative practitioners in accordance with Section 2 of the Alternative Practitioners Act in conjunction with Section 2(1)(i) of the First Implementing Ordinance to the Alternative Practitioners Act
- Decision of the Federal Constitutional Court of May 10, 1988 - 1 BvR 482/84
Applications / forms
- Appeal (depending on national law, the appeal may be excluded)
- Administrative court action
Author
Federal Ministry of Health (BMG)
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Technically approved by
Federal Ministry of Health (BMG)
Professionally released on
04.06.2025
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6Plus)
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