Practice of medicine Permission

Part of the procedure is an official medical knowledge check. The knowledge check takes place on fixed examination dates. Therefore, please inform yourself in good time at the responsible office about the respective application deadline for registration.

The responsibility lies with the district and the independent city in whose district the profession is to be exercised.

• Knowledge check by the expert committee at the State Office for Social Affairs, Youth and Family

• short curriculum vitae
• the birth certificate or an extract from the family book
• proof of identity
• an official certificate of good conduct, which must not be older than one month
• a statement as to whether the applicant is the subject of a criminal or public prosecutor's investigation
• a statement as to whether and, if so, at which authority a permit under the Heilpraktikergesetz (HeilPrG) has already been applied for
• a medical certificate, which must not be older than one month, stating that there are no indications that the applicant is unfit for the exercise of the profession as a non-medical practitioner because of a physical condition or weakness of mental or physical strength or because of an addiction
• proof that  the applicant has completed at least the Hauptschule

Fees and expenses are incurred in accordance with Annex 1 to § 1 paragraph 1 of the General Schedule of Fees of the State of Lower Saxony (AllGO) in accordance with No. 42.1.

There are no deadlines to be observed.

Detailed information can be found on the websites of the Lower Saxony State Office for Social Affairs, Youth and Family.

Lower Saxony Ministry of Social Affairs, Health and Equality

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.