Applying for permission to use the professional title of pharmaceutical technical assistant

You must apply for a permit from the competent authority in advance.

Once you have submitted the application and all documents are complete, the competent authority will check whether you meet all the requirements.

If you meet all the requirements, you will receive the permit.

You may only start working once you have received the permit.

The permit is issued if you

• have completed the prescribed training and passed the state examination
• have not been guilty of any behavior that would make them unreliable to practice the profession,
• are not unfit in terms of health to practise the profession and
• have the knowledge of the German language required to exercise the profession.

• Proof of the state examination certificate, if already issued
• Proof of identity (certified copy of valid ID/passport/residence permit)
• official certificate of good conduct of document type OE for submission to the authorities, not older than 3 months when the permit is issued
• current medical certificate of physical and mental fitness to exercise the profession (e.g. confirmation from the company doctor/family doctor), not older than 3 months when the permit is issued
• Sample declaration of criminal proceedings, if applicable
• Confirmation that you have the necessary knowledge of the German language to carry out the job (certificate of language proficiency of at least level B2 and - if available - photocopies of the last job references)

Is based on the respective administrative fee schedule of the federal state or on the fee statutes of the authorities responsible under federal state law.

• § 1 Absatz 1 Gesetz über den Beruf des pharmazeutisch-technischen Assistenten (PharmTAG)

Appeal (appeal may be excluded depending on national law), administrative court action

09.06.2023

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.