Permit to use the professional title of Heilerziehungspfleger/in (curative education carer)
Erlaubnis zum Führen der Berufsbezeichnung als Heilerziehungspfleger/in
Machine translation of the German page, 2026-09-15. The German original is binding.
State recognition (staatliche Anerkennung) is granted, upon application, to anyone who has successfully completed the training as a Heilerziehungspflegerin or Heilerziehungspfleger (state-certified curative education carer), including integrated practical training, with a standard training period of six semesters, at a state or state-recognized Fachschule für Heilerziehungspflege (technical college for curative education care) in the State of Berlin, and has passed the state examination. State recognition entitles the holder to use the professional title "Staatlich anerkannte Heilerziehungspflegerin" or "Staatlich anerkannter Heilerziehungspfleger" (state-recognized curative education carer).
Book an appointment
Book an appointment (service.berlin.de)
Requirements
• State examination as a Heilerziehungspflegerin / Heilerziehungspfleger (curative education carer) successfully passed in Berlin
Documents you need
• Application for permission to use the professional title
• Certificate of completion (certified copy)
• Valid Personalausweis (identity card) or passport (copy)
• Medical certificate confirming fitness of health to practise the profession (original)
(not older than three months)
• Führungszeugnis (certificate of good conduct) for submission to an authority service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/120926/
Information from the Bundeszentralregister (Federal Central Register) (Führungszeugnis) for submission to an authority (document type O), sent directly from the Bundesamt für Justiz (Federal Office of Justice) to the LAGeSo (State Office for Health and Social Affairs).
• The information must not be older than three months.
Forms
• Application for permission to use the professional title www.berlin.de/lageso/_assets/gesundheit/berufe-im-gesundheit
• Medical certificate www.berlin.de/lageso/_assets/gesundheit/berufe-im-gesundheit
Fees
85.00 euros
Legal basis
• Sozialberufe-Anerkennungsgesetz (SozBAG) [Social Professions Recognition Act], § 1 gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/jlr-SozBerAnerkGBEV10P4
• Excerpt from the Verordnung über die Erhebung von Gebühren im Gesundheits- und Pflegewesen (Gesundheits- und Pflegewesen-Gebührenordnung – GesPflGebO) [Regulation on the Collection of Fees in the Health and Care Sector (Health and Care Sector Fee Schedule)] www.berlin.de/lageso/_assets/gesundheit/berufe-im-gesundheit
Further information
• Explanations on the use of the professional title, and contact person www.berlin.de/lageso/gesundheit/berufe-im-gesundheitswesen/a
Who is responsible
Die Erlaubnis zum Führen der Berufsbezeichnung wird nur vom Landesamt für Gesundheit und Soziales Berlin erteilt.
The permit to use the professional title is issued only by the Landesamt für Gesundheit und Soziales Berlin (State Office for Health and Social Affairs Berlin).
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 331527 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/331527/