Recognition of foreign professional qualifications for civil servants (Beamtin/Beamter) - career field Health and Social Affairs - Health care

• Age At the time of employment or takeover, you should not yet have reached the age of 45. This age limit is postponed for periods of actual childcare up to one year for each child under 18 years of age and for periods of actual care of close relatives in need of care according to a medical certificate (parents, parents-in-law, spouses, registered partners, siblings or children) up to one year for each close relative, up to a maximum of three years in total. • Nationality You have the nationality • of a member state of the European Union, • of a state party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, • of a third country to which the Federal Republic of Germany and the European Union have granted a corresponding entitlement to recognition of professional qualifications by treaty. • Qualification You offer the guarantee of standing up at all times for the free democratic basic order within the meaning of the Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany. You are not unsuitable for public servant status due to professional misconduct, criminal offences or comparable weighty reasons.

• Application for recognition (under "Online processing") The application must state which public service job you are seeking. • For the online application: Please have all required documents and evidence ready to upload in PDF, JPG, JPEG or PNG format. A single file may not be larger than 3 MB. • Curriculum vitae Curriculum vitae with a tabular presentation of the professional career • Proof of nationality Proof of nationality of the member state or of a contracting state • Proof of qualifications Proof of qualifications, e.g. training certificates, diplomas, certificates of graduation • Proof of good conduct Certificates or documents from the home country or country of qualification stating that no criminal offences, serious professional misconduct or other circumstances calling the suitability into question are known; the certificates or documents must not be older than three months at the time of their presentation. • Certificate of authorisation to practise the profession Certificate from the home country or country of qualification stating which professional practice the professional qualification entitles to there • Declaration on previous professional recognition procedures A declaration whether and with which authority within the Federal Republic of Germany recognition has already been applied for; if applicable, a decision issued in this context is to be enclosed. • Place of residence details For statistical purposes, the information on the place of residence is required. • If necessary, proof of exercised activities Certificates on the nature and duration of activities in the field of the qualification carried out in a member state after the acquisition of the qualification • If necessary, proof of competences acquired through lifelong learning Certificates issued by a relevant body on knowledge, skills and competences acquired through lifelong learning • More documents The competent authority may request you to submit further information on the content and duration of the completed training and on other professional qualifications in the form of study regulations, examination regulations, course books or in any other appropriate manner within a reasonable period of time, insofar as this is necessary to establish equivalence.

EUR 5.00 to EUR 5,000.00, per effort

• Career Act (Laufbahngesetz or LfbG) §§ 23, 23a gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/jlr-LbGBE2011V4P23 • Professional Qualification Determination Act Berlin (Berufsqualifikationsfeststellungsgesetz Berlin or BQFG Bln) § 17 gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/jlr-BQFGBEV7P17 • Regulation on the recognition of professional qualifications from other countries of the European Union as career qualifications (Verordnung über die Anerkennung von Berufsqualifikationen anderer Länder der Europäischen Union als Laufbahnbefähigung or VO Laufbahnbefähigung EU) §§ 2 et seq. gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/jlr-BerQAnerkEUVBEV1P2 • Health Care Career Ordinance (Laufbahnverordnung Gesundheitswesen or LVO-Ges) gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/jlr-GesLbVBEV7IVZ • Ordinance on the Training and Examination for the Career of the Intermediate Food Control Service (Verordnung über die Ausbildung und Prüfung für die Laufbahn des mittleren Lebensmittelkontrolldienstes or APOmD LK) gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/jlr-LMKDmdLbAPRVBE2006V1IVZ • Act on Fees and Contributions (Gesetz über Gebühren und Beiträge or GebBtrG BE) § 8 gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/jlr-GebBtrGBEV10P8

The competent authority will confirm the receipt of the documents within one month and, if applicable, inform you which documents are missing. The one-month period begins on the date on which the application is received by the competent authority. The decision on the application will be communicated in writing within four months of submission of the complete documents.