Nursing and health care professions / social professions - Foreign qualifications
Recognition of foreign educational qualifications in Baden-Württemberg
Please note:
Beginning February 15, 2024, only applications for the recognition of General Nurse (Pflegefachkraft) will be accepted.
Applications received from February 15, 2024, onwards will be examined according to the regulations of the Nursing Professions Act (PflBG).
If old application forms indicating recognition as a Krankenpfleger/in (nurse) are submitted, the examination will still be conducted according to the Nursing Professions Act from February 15, 2024, onwards.
Applications received by us until February 14, 2024, will be examined according to the regulations of the Nursing Act (KrPflG). Certificates of recognition issued under the Act oft he Nursing Professions with an adaptation course or approval for a knowledge examination remain valid and must be completed in accordance with the regulations of the Nursing Act, as specified. If the adaptation measures cannot be completed entirely in 2024, they may be extended beyond December 31, 2024.
There will be no conversion of these certificates to comply with the new legal situation.
The Stuttgart Regional Council is responsible for the equivalence assessment of foreign professional qualifications for the following healthcare professions and social professions (all documents in german):
Anaesthesia technical assistant
Curative education nurse
Curative education teacher
Dietician
Emergency paramedic
General nurse
Geriatric nurse
Health and paediatric nurse
Health and nursing assistant (male/female)
Home and family nurse
Massage therapist and medical bath attendant
Medical-technical assistant Medical-technical assistant for functional diagnostics
Medical-technical radiology assistant (m/f)
Midwife / maternity nurse
Nurse
Nursing assistant for the elderly
Occupational therapist
Orthoptist/Orthoptist
Pharmaceutical-technical assistant
Physiotherapist
Podiatrist
Social pedagogue
Social worker
Surgical technical assistant
Special needs education assistant/ special needs education assistant
Speech therapist
Youth and home educator
Work educator
State recognition of a further training course completed abroad
A prerequisite for the processing of your application is that you want to work in Baden-Württemberg. If necessary, credible evidence must be provided by suitable documents. Please refer to the respective application forms for more details.
- Application form filled in with date and signature in the original
- Curriculum vitae with date and signature in original
- Copy of passport, identity card or residence permit
- Copy of birth certificate + certified translation
- Copy of marriage certificate + Certified translation
- Copy of the diploma + Certified translation
- Copy of transcripts/grades overview + Certified translation
- Copy of the professional internship + certified translation
- Copy of the professional examination/work licence + certified translation
- Copy of the schedule of subjects and hours + Certified translation
- Copy of the employer's references for your training occupation in the country of training, stating the period and
- Name of the department + translation
The documents must be submitted in the language of the country and a German translation - both as certified copies only.
You can have them certified at official offices (town hall / notary / embassy).
- Personal statement as to whether an application for recognition has already been submitted in Germany
- Credible evidence that you will be working in Baden-Württemberg (confirmation of employment or employment contract from a possible employer)
Please refrain from folders, sleeves and other packaging material.
- Certificate of good conduct from the home country/training country in the original + certified translation
- Certificate of good conduct from Germany, type OB (for submission to an authority), purpose of use: MTRA recognition, receiving authority: Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart, Ref. 95.2, z. Hd. zuständige/r SB Ruppmannstr. 21, 70565 Stuttgart, Germany
- Original medical certificate from a general practitioner stating that you are suitable for the profession as a health care worker and nurse.
- Proof of German language skills B2 from an ALTE-certified language school (for example Goethe, Telc, ÖSD) in the original
Documents 1-3 must not be older than 3 months.
If you have any questions or need help with your application, please feel free to contact these counselling services:
Counselling services with residence in Germany
IQ Network Baden-Württemberg
Counselling for recognition
Counselling services without residence in Germany
Central Service Point for Professional Recognition ZSBA
recognition@arbeitsagentur.de
Contact
Recognition of foreign qualifications in the health sector
Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart
Department 95.2
Landesanerkennungsstelle für Gesundheitsberufe (LAfG BW)
Ruppmannstraße 21
70565 Stuttgart
Please submit application documents by post only.
Contact form
FAQ Academic Health Professions (in german)