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Special obligation to report in hospitals, homes and similar institutions Information
Service Description
If you are admitted to hospitals, nursing homes or other facilities that serve to care for people in need of care or disabled people or to provide home education, you do not have to register as long as you are registered for another home in Germany. However, if you are admitted permanently, you must register within two weeks because you have moved out of your previous home or homes in Germany. Moving out means actually leaving a dwelling for good. As a rule, you are considered to have moved out if your expected absence is longer than one year. If you are not registered for an apartment in Germany, you must register as soon as your stay exceeds three months.
If you are unable to fulfill your obligation to register in person (for example, due to infirmity) and no caregiver or guardian has been appointed for you who can determine your residence, the managers of the facilities must notify the registration authority responsible for the location of the facility of your admission within two weeks. You will be informed of this.
If a guardian is appointed for you who can determine the residence, the duty of notification is incumbent on the guardian.
If, according to the determination of an authority, it is necessary in an individual case to avert a considerable and present danger, to prosecute criminal offences or to clarify the fate of missing persons and accident victims, hospitals, homes and similar institutions must provide the competent authority with information from their records. The information includes surnames, first names, date and place of birth and, in the case of birth abroad, also the state, nationalities, addresses as well as the date of admission and date of discharge.
Who should I contact?
Registration authority in whose jurisdiction the facility is located
Competent authority
Hospitals, nursing homes, similar institutions and the persons to be medically treated, cared for or staying in the educational institutions (not staff), registration authority in whose jurisdiction the institution lies
Requirements
longer than three months in hospital, nursing home or similar and no home in Germany available
Which documents are required?
in case of registration proof of identity
What are the fees?
none
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
as long as you are registered for a home in Germany: none
otherwise: two weeks after the expiration of three months of residence in the facility
Legal basis
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Technically approved by
Thuringian Ministry of the Interior and Local Affairs
Professionally released on
06.06.2023
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6Plus)