Assistance Dog (Assistenzhund) - Apply for Recognition

• Training as an assistance dog has been completed Your dog has successfully completed training as an assistance dog (Assistenzhund) that meets the requirements of the Behindertengleichstellungsgesetz (BGG, Act on Equal Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities) and the Assistenzhundeverordnung (AHundV, Assistance Dog Ordinance). • or: Training as an assistance dog was completed abroad Your dog is already recognized as an assistance dog abroad and has completed training that meets the requirements of the Behindertengleichstellungsgesetz (BGG, Act on Equal Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities) and the Assistenzhundeverordnung (Assistance Dog Ordinance). • or: Assistance dog has already been provided as an aid www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_5/__33.html Your dog has been provided to you as an aid (Hilfsmittel) within the meaning of § 33 of the Fifth Book of the Social Code (Sozialgesetzbuch, SGB V). This generally applies to guide dogs for the blind (Blindenführhunde).

• Application for recognition of assistance dogs The application forms differ depending on which requirements the dog meets. You will receive the application form applicable to your case by email at [email protected]. • Application for issuance of an identity card and marking for guide dogs for the blind (under "Forms") • Proof of examination A dated examination certificate, an examination diploma, or other comparable proof of having passed a qualified examination. • If your dog was trained abroad: proof of examination from a state-recognized body abroad and proof of the equivalence of the foreign examination. • If your dog is a guide dog for the blind: proof that the assistance dog has been recognized as an aid by the relevant funding body (e.g. a cost-coverage letter from the health insurance fund). • Proof of the specific individual suitability of the assistance dog The following are suitable for this purpose, for example: • Schwerbehindertenausweis (severely disabled person's ID card) • Notice determining a degree of disability • Certificate from a social benefits provider or a certificate from a medical specialist • Photograph of the applicant • Photograph of the dog

• Application for the issuance of an identification card and marker for guide dogs for the blind www.berlin.de/lageso/_assets/behinderung/schwerbehinderung-v

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• Assistenzhundeverordnung (AHundV, Assistance Dog Ordinance) § 21 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/ahundv/__21.html • Behindertengleichstellungsgesetz (BBG, Act on Equal Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities) § 12e - People with disabilities accompanied by assistance dogs www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bgg/__12e.html • Behindertengleichstellungsgesetz (BBG) § 12g - Assessment of assistance dogs and the human-assistance dog partnership www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bgg/__12g.html • Sozialgesetzbuch Fünftes Buch (SGB V, Social Code Book Five) § 33 - Aids and appliances www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_5/__33.html

approx. 6-8 weeks

• Further information on the recognition of Assistenzhunde (assistance dogs) (Landesamt für Gesundheit und Soziales - State Office for Health and Social Affairs) www.berlin.de/lageso/behinderung/schwerbehinderung-versorgun