Permit to use the professional title of health and nursing care assistant (Gesundheits- und Krankenpflegehelfer/in) - if the examination was taken in Berlin
Erlaubnis zum Führen der Berufsbezeichnung Gesundheits- und Krankenpflegehelfer/in - wenn Prüfung in Berlin abgelegt
Machine translation of the German page, 2026-09-15. The German original is binding.
Granting of a permit to use the professional title Gesundheits- und Krankenpflegehelferin / -pflegehelfer (health and nursing care assistant) to persons who have passed the state examination in Berlin.
Book an appointment
Book an appointment (service.berlin.de)
Requirements
• Successfully passed state examination as a Gesundheits- und Krankenpflegehelferin / -pflegehelfer (health and nursing care assistant)
Documents you need
• Course completion certificate
• Valid identity card or passport
• Führungszeugnis (certificate of good conduct), document type "0" (certificate of good conduct for submission to an authority), service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/120926/
sent directly from the Bundesamt für Justiz (Federal Office of Justice) to the LAGeSo (State Office for Health and Social Affairs).
The certificate of good conduct must not be older than three months at the time of application.
• Declaration as to whether court criminal proceedings or a public prosecutor's or professional disciplinary investigation are pending www.berlin.de/lageso/_assets/gesundheit/berufe-im-gesundheit
• Medical certificate confirming fitness to practise the profession www.berlin.de/lageso/_assets/gesundheit/berufe-im-gesundheit
The medical certificate must not be older than three months at the time of application.
Forms
• Application for permission to use the professional title www.berlin.de/lageso/_assets/gesundheit/berufe-im-gesundheit
Fees
85.00 euros
Legal basis
• Gesetz über den Beruf der Gesundheits- und Krankenpflegehelferin und des Gesundheits- und Krankenpflegehelfers (Act on the Profession of Health and Nursing Care Assistant) - Berliner Krankenpflegehilfegesetz (Berlin Nursing Care Assistance Act, BlnKPHG) § 1 (1) gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/jlr-KrPflHGBEpP1
Further information
• Explanation on the use of the professional title, and contact person www.berlin.de/lageso/gesundheit/berufe-im-gesundheitswesen/a
Who is responsible
Permission to use the professional title is granted only by the Landesamt für Gesundheit und Soziales Berlin (State Office for Health and Social Affairs Berlin) - Landesprüfungsamt für Gesundheitsberufe (State Examination Office for Health Professions).
Responsible for you
Choose a location; the appointment itself is booked on the original page.
- Landesamt für Gesundheit und Soziales (Lageso)
- Lageso - Turmstraße
Original
Service number 328032 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/328032/