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# Recognition of professional qualifications

Did you obtain professional qualifications abroad and would you like to work in your profession in Germany? Find out here what you need to do to have foreign professional qualifications recognised and considered on an equal footing with German qualifications.

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Anyone wishing to hold a professional title in one of the following health care professions requires a permit:

  • health care worker and nurse
  • technical assistant in medicine
  • speech therapist
  • midwife
  • dietician
  • physiotherapist
  • occupational therapist
  • masseur
  • medical bath attendant
  • podiatrist
  • geriatric nurse
  • geriatric nurse or nurse's aide

Requirements:
You must have completed the prescribed training and passed the state examination in the Free State of Thuringia.
You must prove that you are suitable in health terms for the exercise of the respective profession and that you have not been guilty of any behavior that would make you unreliable for the exercise of the profession.

Assistance These Assistance Services support you in exercising your rights and fulfilling your duties in the European internal market.
The pan-European network of  Points of Single Contact can provide you with details of any legal requirements and help you to complete relevant procedures.The assistance centre provides information for citizens from the EU, the EEA and Switzerland on the recognition of professional qualifications in Germany.The Office for the equal treatment of EU Workers provides information about living and working in Germany in simple easy-to-understand language in 11 languages.