Heilpraktikergesetz
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Law on the professional practice of medicine without appointment |
| Short title: | Heilpraktikergesetz |
| Abbreviation: | [HeilprG], [HeilpraktG], [HPG] (not official) |
| Type: | Federal law |
| Scope: | Federal Republic of Germany |
| Legal matter: | Professional law of the health professions |
| References : | 2122-2 |
| Issued on: | February 17, 1939 ( RGBl. I p. 251) |
| Entry into force on: | February 21, 1939 |
| Last change by: |
Art. 17e G of December 23, 2016 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 3191, 3219 ) |
| Effective date of the last change: |
January 1, 2017 (Art. 18 G of December 23, 2016) |
| GESTA : | M025 |
| Weblink: | Text of the law |
| Please note the note on the applicable legal version. | |
The law on the professional practice of medicine without appointment (Heilpraktikergesetz) of February 17, 1939 regulates the requirements for the use of the professional title " Heilpraktiker ". The job title was institutionalized and subject to approval. Previously, the practice of medicine was regulated in the Imperial Trade Code according to the principles of so-called courier freedom . The first implementing ordinance for the Heilpraktikergesetz (HeilprGDV 1) of February 17, 1939 required a certificate of non-objection after an official medical examination for professional practice.
Despite the regulation of the profession, the Heilpraktikergesetz of 1939 was planned as an extinction law for the profession of alternative practitioner. In the original version of the law this is z. B. in § 2 clearly: "Anyone who has not previously practiced medicine without being a doctor can only receive a permit according to § 1 in particularly well-founded exceptional cases ." § 4 even prohibited the training of offspring : "It is forbidden to set up or to maintain training facilities for people who want to devote themselves to the practice of medicine within the meaning of this law." In the 1st implementing regulation, applicants were only given a deadline of April 1, 1939 in § 1 granted to register for permission.
In 1952, these restrictions on the former courier freedom were lifted as incompatible with the Basic Law. Since then, the Heilpraktikergesetz (Heilpraktikergesetz) in Germany has been the legal basis for practicing the profession of alternative practitioner and, in accordance with Section 1 (1), applies to everyone who "wants to practice medicine without being a doctor."
The federal states regulate the implementation of the Heilpraktikergesetz according to their own implementation ordinances. The Heilpraktikergesetz was last changed after 2001 in 2016.
In this context, appointment is to be understood as a state professional license.
Web links
- Text of the Heilpraktikergesetz
- Text of the First Implementing Ordinance for the Heilpraktikergesetz
- Implementing ordinance for the Heilpraktikergesetz of the state of Bavaria , Brandenburg , Bremen (PDF) ( page no longer available ), North Rhine-Westphalia , Saarland (PDF)
Individual evidence
- ↑ HPG officially stands for Hospice and Palliative Act, an amendment act of December 1, 2015 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 2114 )
- ↑ Justification for the law on the professional practice of medicine without appointment (Heilpraktikergesetz) of February 28, 1939 (Reichs- und Staatsanzeiger No. 50, p. 2).
- ^ Job profile 1996 - legal regulations , information on the website of the Association of German Heilpraktiker eV, accessed on November 7, 2016
