Nursing and health care professions / social professions - Foreign qualifications

The Stuttgart Regional Council is responsible for the equivalence assessment of foreign professional qualifications for the following healthcare professions and social professions (all documents in german):

Anaesthesia technical assistant
Curative education nurse
Curative education teacher
Dietician
Emergency paramedic
General nurse
Geriatric nurse
Health and paediatric nurse
Health and nursing assistant (male/female)
Home and family nurse
Massage therapist and medical bath attendant
Medical-technical assistant Medical-technical assistant for functional diagnostics
Medical-technical radiology assistant (m/f)
Midwife / maternity nurse
Nurse
Nursing assistant for the elderly
Occupational therapist
Orthoptist/Orthoptist
Pharmaceutical-technical assistant
Physiotherapist
Podiatrist
Social pedagogue
Social worker
Surgical technical assistant
Special needs education assistant/ special needs education assistant
Speech therapist
Youth and home educator
Work educator
State recognition of a further training course completed abroad

Information on data protection at the Regional Examination Office and Recognition Office for Health Professions of the Regional Council of Stuttgart

A prerequisite for the processing of your application is that you want to work in Baden-Württemberg. If necessary, credible evidence must be provided by suitable documents. Please refer to the respective application forms for more details.

• Application form filled in with date and signature in the original
• Curriculum vitae with date and signature in original
• Copy of passport, identity card or residence permit
• Copy of birth certificate + certified translation
• Copy of marriage certificate + Certified translation
• Copy of the diploma + Certified translation
• Copy of transcripts/grades overview + Certified translation
• Copy of the professional internship + certified translation
• Copy of the professional examination/work licence + certified translation
• Copy of the schedule of subjects and hours + Certified translation
• Copy of the employer's references for your training occupation in the country of training, stating the period and
• Name of the department + translation

The documents must be submitted in the language of the country and a German translation - both as certified copies only.
You can have them certified at official offices (town hall / notary / embassy).

• Personal statement as to whether an application for recognition has already been submitted in Germany
• Credible evidence that you will be working in Baden-Württemberg (confirmation of employment or employment contract from a possible employer)

Please refrain from folders, sleeves and other packaging material.

• Certificate of good conduct from the home country/training country in the original + certified translation
• Certificate of good conduct from Germany, type OB (for submission to an authority), purpose of use: MTRA recognition, receiving authority: Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart, Ref. 95.2, z. Hd. zuständige/r SB Ruppmannstr. 21, 70565 Stuttgart, Germany
• Original medical certificate from a general practitioner stating that you are suitable for the profession as a health care worker and nurse.
• Proof of German language skills B2 from an ALTE-certified language school (for example Goethe, Telc, ÖSD) in the original

Documents 1-3 must not be older than 3 months.