Apply for registration of a doctor's register

You must apply in writing to the competent authority for entry in the medical register using the application form.

• If you have submitted the necessary 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 entry in the medical register.

You must:

• be licensed as a doctor and
• provide proof of completion of specialist training or training acquired in another EU Member State in accordance with Directive 2005/36 EC.

To register as a psychological psychotherapist, you must:

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

• Birth certificate
• Documents proving a possible name change or the right to use a double name (for example, marriage certificate)
• Certificate of approbation
• if applicable, certificate of graduation
• Certificate of specialist recognition or qualification in the guideline procedure of psychotherapy
• Proofs/certificates of previous medical/psychotherapeutic activity
• Certificates of completed further training
• Doctoral certificate or proof of the right to hold academic degrees or titles
• proof of nationality, if applicable
• in the case of foreign-language documents: Translation by a state-recognised translator or a translator sworn in by a court in Germany
• for documents from third countries (outside the European Union): apostille or legalisation

You must present documents in the original or as an officially certified copy. Under certain circumstances, the medical registers may be able to prepare appropriate certifications.

• §§ 1 - 10 Admission Ordinance for Contract Physicians (Ärzte-ZV) (Medical Register)
• § 95 a Fifth Book of the Social Code (SGB V) (prerequisite for entry in the medical register for contract doctors)
• § 95 c Fifth Book of the Social Code (SGB V) (prerequisite for the registration of psychotherapists in the medical register)
• Article 30 in conjunction with Annex V.1. Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications

• Contradiction
• Complaint

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

Please note: The entry of the medical register in an association of statutory health insurance physicians is not to be equated with the entry in the register kept by the State Medical Association.

03.12.2020