Apply for an approbation to practise as a pharmacist (third country)

• Pharmaceutical training completed in a third country that is equivalent to German training or an equivalent level of knowledge The equivalence of the level of knowledge is to be proven by an examination if necessary • Health fitness • Proof of reliability and worthiness for the practice of the profession of pharmacist • Ausreichende Deutschkenntnisse der Stufe B 2 • Technical language test • Proof of competence

• Application for the granting of the licence to practise medicine in the case of training in a third country • Proof of responsibility for the Land of Berlin (e.g. confirmation of employment, proof of habitual residence in the Land of Berlin/ main residence if applicable, applications for vacancies in the Land of Berlin, invitations to interviews). • Tabellarischer Lebenslauf mit Unterschrift und Datum • Proof of identity (valid identity card or passport) • Certificate of birth (in the event of a change of name, e.g. due to marriage, also this document) • Certificate of good conduct for presentation to an authority service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/120926/ To verify personal reliability, information from the Federal Central Register (certificate of good conduct) is required for submission to an authority (document type O). The information must not be older than three months. • Certificate of Good Conduct/Certificate of Clearance of Offences of the police or judicial authorities of the home country, if applicable, of the study country (if presented, not older than 3 months) • Certificate of good standing/Certificate of good standing of the competent authority of the country in which the profession was practised (if presented, not older than 3 months) • Medical certificate from a doctor licensed in Germany (not older than 3 months if presented) • Proof of completed education (third country) (see checklist for persons with third-country education) • Certificate B 2 on knowledge of the German language (from telc, TestDaF or Goethe-Institut - not older than 3 years). It is not necessary to submit the language certificates at the time of application. • Technical Language Test - Level C 1 (Berlin Chamber of Pharmacists) It is not necessary to submit the language certificates at the time of application. • Doctoral certificate (if available) • Official certification of copies If copies are submitted, they must be officially certified. In the case of copies without official certification, the simultaneous submission of the originals is required.

• Application for the granting of the licence to practise medicine in the case of training in a third country www.berlin.de/lageso/_assets/gesundheit/berufe-im-gesundheit • Medical certificate from a doctor licensed in Germany www.berlin.de/lageso/_assets/gesundheit/berufe-im-gesundheit • Checklist: Evidence of completed education (third country) www.berlin.de/lageso/_assets/gesundheit/berufe-im-gesundheit • Technical Language Test - Level C 1 (Berlin Chamber of Pharmacists) www.akberlin.de/ausbildung/apothekerin-auslaendische-berufsa

EUR 430.00

• Federal Pharmacists' Code (BApO) § 2 et seqq. www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bapo/__2.html • Approbationsordnung für Apotheker (AAppO) § 20 et seqq. www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aappo/__20.html • Ordinance on the Charging of Fees in Health Care and Nursing (GesPflGebO) www.berlin.de/lageso/_assets/gesundheit/berufe-im-gesundheit

approx. 3-4 months, if all documents are complete

• Explanation Approbation and contact persons Training outside the European Union (third country) www.berlin.de/lageso/gesundheit/berufe-im-gesundheitswesen/a • Explanation Approbation and contact persons Training in the European Union (EU) www.berlin.de/lageso/gesundheit/berufe-im-gesundheitswesen/a • Information on the recognition of foreign professional qualifications ("Anerkennung in Deutschland") www.anerkennung-in-deutschland.de/html/en/index.php • Finanzielle Unterstützung für das Anerkennungsverfahren www.anerkennung-in-deutschland.de/html/en/financial-support. • Publicly appointed translators in Germany www.justiz-dolmetscher.de/Recherche/

The Approbation (professional licence) is only issued by the Landesamt für Gesundheit und Soziales Berlin (State Office for Health and Social Affairs Berlin).