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Apply for permission to practice medicine in the field of psychotherapy
Service Description
The practice of psychotherapy is medicine within the meaning of the Heilpraktikergesetz and can be practiced by doctors and other persons who have a license to practice medicine in accordance with the Psychotherapists Act.
Other persons who do not have this license require either an unrestricted license as a non-medical practitioner or a license as a non-medical practitioner (psychotherapy) limited to the field of psychotherapy in accordance with the Non-Medical Practitioners Act in order to practice psychotherapy.
Process flow
- You submit the application to practise medicine, including all necessary documents, to the competent authority.
- Written and oral examination or decision based on the file
- The competent authority checks whether all requirements have been met
- If the examination is positive, you will be granted a license.
Requirements
You must
- be at least 25 years old,
- have German citizenship,
- have at least a secondary school leaving certificate or another equivalent qualification,
- be physically and mentally fit to practise medicine and have the necessary
be able to prove the necessary reliability by means of an official certificate of good conduct.
Which documents are required?
- Application form,
- medical certificate,
- identity card or passport,
- a birth certificate/name change certificate for name changes,
- a curriculum vitae in tabular form,
- if applicable, a registration certificate (if the identification document is not an identity card),
- information from the Federal Central Register (document type 0),
- a certified copy of proof of successful graduation from school.
In addition, if the verification is carried out on the basis of files:
- A diploma or master's degree in psychology with a focus on clinical psychology,
completed therapy training in a generally recognized method.
What are the fees?
Is based on the respective administrative fee schedule of the federal state or on the fee statutes of the authorities responsible under federal state law.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
There is no overriding deadline; individual deadlines result from examination dates and any requirements for evidence.
Processing duration
If you have submitted an application for permission to practice, the competent authority will decide on this promptly. Please note that there is usually a waiting period between application and invitation to the examination. In the run-up to the examination, the necessary documents are requested and invitations are sent out.
Legal basis
§ 1 paragraph 2 Heilpraktikergesetz
First Implementing Ordinance to the Act on the Professional Practice of Medicine without Appointment (Heilpraktikergesetz)
Guidelines for the examination of alternative practitioners
Applications / forms
Appeal (appeal may be excluded depending on national law), administrative court action
Appeal
Forms available: Yes
Written form required: Yes
Informal application possible: No
Personal appearance necessary: No
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Technically approved by
Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Affairs NRW
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6Plus)