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The Infection Protection Act prescribes the reporting of certain pathogens as well as vaccination damage by physicians and laboratories.

You can take advantage of health examinations for your children. In this way, a child's general state of health and age-appropriate development are regularly examined by a doctor. Possible problems or abnormalities can be detected and treated at an early stage.

If you become subject to compulsory insurance in the statutory health insurance, you can be exempted from this in certain cases. You submit the application to your statutory health insurance fund.

If you receive social assistance or basic security and have just had a baby, the social welfare office will bear the costs of counselling sessions.

If you produce, treat or place food on the market as a commercial or employed person, work in kitchens or mass catering facilities, you need a valid certificate from the health authority about infection protection instructions.

Outpatient or inpatient preventive care can help you avert the threat of illness or the need for long-term care. You apply for the preventive care benefit from your health insurance fund.

If you as an employee are unable to work for a longer period of time, you can receive sickness benefit to cover the loss of earnings.

Dental services promote the dental health of children and adolescents with age-appropriate programs

Has your professional situation changed in such a way that you expect a different income from your self-employed artistic or journalistic work? Then you need to adjust your income estimate with the Artists' Social Insurance Fund.

If you cannot work because your child is ill, you can get children's sickness benefit from your statutory health insurance fund. Under certain conditions, you can transfer the children's sickness benefit days to your partner.

The purpose of preventive dental care is to examine the teeth and oral cavity in detail in order to be able to detect and treat possible dental, oral and jaw diseases at an early stage.

Grants that you receive from the Artists' Social Security Fund are finally settled in the following year.

You can take advantage of health check-ups for your children. This means that a child's general state of health and age-appropriate development are regularly examined by a doctor. Possible problems or abnormalities can be detected and treated at an early stage.

If you file a complaint about associations of statutory health insurance physicians and dentists with the competent supervisory authority, the latter will investigate the conduct of the associations as part of its legal supervision for potential violations of the law and work towards their rectification.

If you have statutory health and long-term care insurance through the Künstlersozialkasse, you can change your health insurance fund under certain conditions.

If you are not only self-employed as an artist or journalist but also carry out other activities or receive social benefits, you must report this to the Künstlersozialkasse.

If your personal data changes, you must inform the Künstlersozialkasse. You should also inform the Künstlersozialkasse if your contact details change or expand.

Do you receive a pension from the statutory pension insurance? Then this has an effect on your insurance status in the artists' social insurance.

If you change the legal form of your activity or the activity itself, this may affect your obligation to be insured with the Künstlersozialkasse (KSK).

Insured persons can inquire with their health insurance company about the possibilities of prevention. The health insurance companies provide quality-assured offers.

Persons without health insurance who only receive short-term subsistence assistance may be entitled to health assistance.

As an artist or publicist, you can register for social security via the Artists’ Social Security Fund (KSK).

The health insurance company covers the costs of screening examinations and tests that are necessary during pregnancy.

The purpose of preventive dental care is to examine the teeth and oral cavity in detail in order to be able to detect and treat possible dental, oral and jaw diseases at an early stage.

For the medical supervision of occupationally exposed persons in the field of radiation protection, physicians require an authorization.

If you are unable to work due to illness or pregnancy and receive compensation from another source, you do not have to pay social security contributions via the Artists' Social Security Fund.

If you pay too much into your pension insurance, you will receive a refund.

If you are subject to compulsory insurance or entitled to a subsidy via the artists' social security fund, you will receive proof of your insurance for each year.

If you have voluntary or private health insurance, you can apply for a subsidy for your health insurance.

If your income or assets are not sufficient to cover your necessary living expenses, you will receive support in financing your contributions to health insurance and long-term care insurance under certain conditions.