Recognise a health care profession

Owner of a European Health Care Diploma.

If you have a health care diploma from a non-EU country, you can only submit the application if you already have professional recognition in an EU country and can prove professional experience of at least three years in the EU country.

1) Submitting the application: Complete the application form in German and submit it to the Ministry of the German-speaking Community together with the documents listed on page 2. If the documents to be submitted are not in German, they must be translated into German by an official translator. Exceptions are French-speaking applicants who are resident in the German-speaking Community.

2) Acknowledgement of receipt: Within one month of submitting the application, the Ministry will send you a written acknowledgement of receipt stating whether the application is complete or whether any documents/information are still missing. Only when the application is complete the file will be processed.

3) Preparation of an expert opinion: The processing time is up to four months from the completeness of the application.

4) Appeal: When the procedure has been completed and the Minister has made a decision, you have the possibility to lodge a complaint by the Ombudswoman. The complaint must be submitted without any formalities and has a suspensive effect on the time limit for bringing an action (60 days) before the Council of State.

5) Action for annulment: You can also file an action for annulment with the Council of State against legal acts of the administrative authority. The signed complaint must be received by the Registry of the Council of State by registered letter or online within a period of 60 days after notification of the decision.

• Richtlinie 2005/36/EG des europäischen Parlaments und des Rates vom 7. September 2005
• Richtlinie 2013/55/EU des europäischen Parlaments und des Rates vom 20. November 2013
• Koordiniertes Gesetz über die Ausübung der Gesundheitspflegeberufe vom 10. Mai 2015
• Gesetz über die Einführung eines neuen allgemeinen Rahmens für die Anerkennung von EG-Berufsqualifikationen vom 12. Februar 2008
• Erlass der Regierung vom 25. April 2019 zur Festlegung des Verfahrens zur Zulassung, Registrierung und Anerkennung der Fachkräfte der Gesundheitspflegeberufe und zur Ausstellung des Europäischen Berufsausweises