Supervision Authority Act
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Law on the performance of official tasks in the care of adults |
| Short title: | Supervision Authority Act |
| Abbreviation: | BtBG |
| Type: | Federal law |
| Scope: | Federal Republic of Germany |
| Legal matter: | Guardianship law , administrative law |
| References : | 404-24 |
| Issued on: | September 12, 1990 ( Federal Law Gazette I, p. 2002, 2025 ) |
| Entry into force on: | January 1, 1992 |
| Last change by: |
Art. 5 G of July 17, 2017 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 2426, 2428 ) |
| Effective date of the last change: |
July 22, 2017 (Art. 8 G of July 17, 2017) |
| GESTA : | C145 |
| Please note the note on the applicable legal version. | |
The care Authorities Act was in Germany part of which came into force on 1 January 1992. Care Act , which set up under Guardianship (for full-year olds ) and Gebrechlichkeitspflegschaft by the support have been replaced. It installed a new specialist authority instead of the youth welfare office that was previously also responsible for adults .
Main features
- § 1 - Formation of supervisory authorities (according to state law mainly rural districts and urban districts)
- § 2 - additional authorities (state authorization clause, established in most states as supra-local supervisory authorities)
- § 3 - local jurisdiction ( habitual residence of the person concerned)
- § 4 - Duty of the authority to advise and support supervisors and authorized representatives; Assistance with the care plan
- § 5 - Provision of information and clarification options on health care proxy and supervision orders
- § 6 - general funding obligation, certification of signatures and show of hands under precautionary powers of attorney and supervision orders
- § 7 - Right to notify the Guardianship Court - Data protection
- § 8 - General obligation to support the family court, reconstruction of the facts, designation of suitable Managers and method Pfleger
- § 9 - other tasks of the supervision authority (according to BGB , FGG , VBVG , state law)
- § 10 - Berlin Clause (irrelevant)
The Care Authority Act is not part of the Social Security Code , although the tasks of the youth welfare office are similar to those of the Youth Welfare Office according to Book 8 of the Social Code (SGB VIII). Therefore, the administrative procedure laws and data protection laws of the federal states also apply to the supervision authority , but not the tenth book of the Social Code (SGB X).
See also
literature
- Note: the BtBG is not commented on independently; it is included in the comments on the right to care.
- Brucker (Ed.): Tasks and organization of the supervision authority; Frankfurt 2000, ISBN 3-923098-68-5
- Brucker (Ed.): Care Authorities on the Way into the 21st Century, Essen 2001 (without ISBN)
- Deinert: Signature authentication by the supervisory authority; BtMan 2005, 24
- Deinert / Walther: Handbook of the care authority; 3rd edition Cologne 2006, ISBN 3-89817-445-X
