Chief physician

Chief physician
	Rank badges for doctors
Rank group	Staff officers
NATO rank code	OF-5
Rank Army / Air Force	Chief physician
Marine rank	Fleet doctor
Abbreviation (in lists)	Colonel Doctor (OTA)
Grade	A 16 , B 2 or B 3 according to BBesO

The colonel is one of the ranks of the Bundeswehr . Colonel doctors are medical officers with a license to practice as a doctor or dentist . The rank of senior physician is determined by the Federal President with the order of the Federal President on the rank designations and the uniform of the soldiers on the basis of the Soldiers Act .

Positions

Some senior surgeons are still practicing as specialists in a Bundeswehr hospital or in a specialist medical center . Specialists in armed forces hospitals usually head sub-areas as senior physicians or as chief physician departments or one of the clinics of a German armed forces hospital . Very experienced senior medical officers sometimes (but rarely) also run a Bundeswehr hospital. Senior surgeons are often also heads of one of the dislocated specialist medical centers. The chief aeronautical surgeon of the Army and the Air Force are usually aeronautical surgeons with the rank of senior physician. Senior surgeons are also commanders of the hospital or medical regiments and commanders of the rapid emergency forces medical service . They also conduct usually the location of Koblenz of the Central Institute of the Sanitary Service of the Armed Forces and various other institutions (eg. B. Center for Sports Medicine of the Armed Forces , the Institute of Microbiology of the Bundeswehr or the Institute of Preventive Medicine of the Armed Forces ). In the army, senior medical officers as chief medical officers ( division physicians ) advise division commanders on specialist medical issues. Like all staff officers , senior surgeons also serve in staff departments and units of the authorities, offices, command authorities of all military organizational areas (primarily in the central medical service ) and in the ministry , where they deal with medical issues. Often they are department heads or unit heads there . The highest ranking chief dentist in dentistry is the stage manager dentistry of the Bundeswehr . The general physician of the armed forces base and the general physician of the army with the rank of chief physician are the highest-ranking physicians in their military organizational area . In particular, the teaching facilities of the medical service of the Bundeswehr, as well as almost all other teaching facilities of the Bundeswehr, teach senior surgeons as lecturers .

appointment

The decisive legal basis for the appointment as a senior physician is the Soldier Career Ordinance (SLV) and, in addition, the Central Service Regulations (ZDv) 20/7. To rank Colonel doctor can soldier on time , professional soldiers and ordered reservists are appointed. Prerequisite is the membership of one of the runways for medical officers and the approval as a doctor or dentist . The rank can be achieved at the earliest ten years after appointment as medical officer. A setting with the rank Colonel doctor is with one of the use possible also corresponding qualification.

Rank badge

Rank badges for dentists

army

air force

Uniform wearer area

The rank badge for senior wardens is essentially the same as for colonels . Additional career badges in the form of a staff of Aesculapia serve to distinguish between senior officers . In the career badge for doctors, the snake winds in a double twist , for dentists in a single twist around the staff.

Others

With regard to the power of command within the meaning of the Superiors Ordinance and the Military Disciplinary Code , with regard to salary and with regard to equivalent, subordinate and superordinate ranks within the meaning of ZDv 14/5, senior officers are on the same level as the colonel . When it comes to medical issues, in particular, medical officers are often the superiors of higher-ranking soldiers. In the after Soldatenlaufbahnverordnung and ZDv 07.20 regular continuous transport order is the previous Doctor Colonel rank of Oberfeldarzt and the subsequent rank of Surgeon-General . Only Army and Air Force uniform wearers hold the rank of senior physician ; the corresponding rank for naval uniform wearers is the fleet doctor . In practice, the highest grade that dentists can achieve will in future be the colonel or fleet doctor.

Officer rank
Lower rank		Higher rank
Lieutenant Colonel, Frigate Captain, Chief Medical Officer, Chief Pharmacist, Chief Veterinary Officer, Flotilla Doctor, Flotilla Pharmacist	Colonel Captain Colonel doctor Colonel pharmacist Colonel veterinary fleet doctor fleet pharmacist	Brigadier General Flotilla Admiral General Doctor General Pharmacist n.a. Admiral doctor n.v.
Rank group : Teams-NCOs-NCO-NCOs-Lieutenant-Captains-Staff officers-Generals See also : Ranks and Rank Badges of the Bundeswehr

Remarks

↑ Left: Rank badge on the shoulder flap of the jacket of the service suit for military uniform wearers of the medical forces (human medicine). Right: Rank badge on the shoulder flap of the jacket of the service suit for air force uniform wearers (human medicine).

↑ The prerequisite is a license to practice medicine , an obligation for at least one year, a successfully completed aptitude exercise , at least two years of activity as a regional doctor or specialist dentist or full-time activity as a specialist in oral and maxillofacial surgery . Overall, the main occupation must correspond to the use in the armed forces. In practice, specialists with at least ten years of professional activity are eligible for recruitment with the rank of senior physician .

↑ ZDv 20/7 on the basis of Section 44 of the Soldiers ' Careers Ordinance ( Ordinance on the Careers of Soldiers (Soldiers' Career Ordinance - SLV) . March 19, 2002, Section 44 ( gesetze-im-internet.de [accessed on March 25, 2014] revised) by announcement of August 19, 2011 I 1813. Last amended by Art. 2, Paragraph 5 G of April 8, 2013 I 730). )

↑ For reasons of space, shortened captions. What is meant are army and air force uniforms . The dark blue pad shown for army uniforms indicates a soldier in the medical service . In addition to the ones shown here on the shoulder flap of the service suit , there are a number of other types of rank insignia, which are described in more detail in the article → "Rank insignia of the Bundeswehr" .

↑ The stage manager dentistry of the Bundeswehr and sub-department head III in the medical service command of the Bundeswehr will in future be led by a colonel or naval doctor . He is the "highest dentist" in the Bundeswehr. Appointments to higher ranks are not planned for dentists until further notice (until now the stage manager was general physician), even if the Federal President's order on the rank designations and uniforms of soldiers is not excluded.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Hartmut Bagger , Command Staff of the Armed Forces I 3, Federal Ministry of Defense (Ed.): ZDv 37/10. Suit regulations for soldiers in the Bundeswehr . July 1996. Reprint from October 2008. Bonn July 16, 2008, 4 labels, p. 539 ( digitized version ( memento from September 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) [PDF; 3.5 MB ] Reprint October 2008 replaces first edition from July 1996).
↑ ^a ^b The Federal Minister of Defense (ed.): ZDv 14/5. Soldiers Act . DSK AV110100174, change status July 17, 2008. Bonn August 21, 1978, rank designations in the Bundeswehr, p. B 185 (Not to be confused with the Law on the Legal Status of Soldiers (Soldiers Law) ).
^ Agreed English texts. STANAG 2116 . NATO standardization agreement (STANAG) . NATO codes for grades of military personnel. 5th edition. 1992 (English, NATO Rank Codes - 1992 [accessed March 25, 2014]).
↑ ^a ^b ^c The Federal President (Ed.): Order of the Federal President on the rank designations and the uniform of the soldiers . BPresUnifAnO. July 14, 1978 ( gesetze-im-internet.de [PDF] Order of the Federal President on the rank designations and uniforms of soldiers from July 14, 1978 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1067 ), last amended by Article 1 of the order of 31. May 1996 ( BGBl. I p. 746 ) has been changed).
^ Federal Minister of Defense ; Command Staff of the Armed Forces IV 1 (Ed.): Abbreviations for use in the Bundeswehr - German Abbreviations - ZDv 64/10 . Bonn January 19, 1979 ( pingwins.ucoz.de [PDF] as of September 17, 1999).
↑ ^a ^b Appendix I (to § 20, paragraph 2, sentence 1) Bundesbesoldungsgesetz orders of A and B . ( gesetze-im-internet.de [accessed on March 25, 2014] Federal Pay Regulations (BBesO) only apply to professional and temporary soldiers and are an annex to the Federal Pay Act (BBesG)).

↑ The Federal Minister of Defense (ed.): Law on the legal status of soldiers (Soldiers Act - SG) . Bonn March 19, 1956, § 4 para. 3 (2) - ( gesetze-im-internet.de [PDF; accessed on March 25, 2014] Newly drafted by notice of May 30, 2005 I 1482. Last amended by Art . 1 G of April 8, 2013 I 730).

↑ ^a ^b Ordinance on the Careers of Soldiers (Soldiers' Careers Ordinance - SLV) . March 19, 2002 ( gesetze-im-internet.de [accessed on March 25, 2014] Newly drafted by notice of August 19, 2011 I 1813. Last amended by Art. 2 Paragraph 5 G of April 8, 2013 I 730).

↑ Note also: Annex (to § 3). Allocation of the career paths of the soldiers to the career groups of the men and women, the NCOs and the officers

↑ ^a ^b The Federal Minister of Defense ; Personnel, Social and Central Affairs Department (Ed.): ZDv 20/7. Provisions for the transport and for the recruitment, acceptance and admission of soldiers . Bonn March 27, 2002, Art. 635 ( PDF ( memento of October 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) [accessed on March 26, 2014] DSK AP210100187, reprint January 2008).

↑ ^a ^b Federal Minister of Defense (ed.): Ordinance on the regulation of the military superior relationship (Superior Ordinance - VorgV) . June 4, 1956 ( online [accessed on March 25, 2014] last amended by Art. 1 No. 2 V of October 7, 1981 I 1129).

^ Military disciplinary code (WDO). In: Laws on the Internet . Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection , August 16, 2001, accessed on November 5, 2014 (from August 16, 2001 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 2093 ), last amended by Article 7 of the Act of August 28, 2013 ( Federal Law Gazette I p . 3386 ) has been changed).

↑ ^a ^b The equivalent, higher and lower ranks are given in accordance with ZDv 14/5 B 185, cf. The Federal Minister of Defense (ed.): ZDv 14/5. Soldiers Act . DSK AV110100174, change status July 17, 2008. Bonn August 21, 1978, rank designations in the Bundeswehr, p. B 185 (Not to be confused with the Law on the Legal Status of Soldiers (Soldiers Act) . The order of the ranks shown in the info box does not necessarily correspond to one of the regular rank sequences provided for in the Soldiers' Career Ordinance , nor does it necessarily correspond to the rank hierarchy described in the Superiors Ordinance a managerial relationship ).

[2] Left: Rank badge on the shoulder flap of the jacket of the service suit for military uniform wearers of the medical forces (human medicine). Right: Rank badge on the shoulder flap of the jacket of the service suit for air force uniform wearers (human medicine).

[9] The prerequisite is a license to practice medicine , an obligation for at least one year, a successfully completed aptitude exercise , at least two years of activity as a regional doctor or specialist dentist or full-time activity as a specialist in oral and maxillofacial surgery . Overall, the main occupation must correspond to the use in the armed forces. In practice, specialists with at least ten years of professional activity are eligible for recruitment with the rank of senior physician .

[13] ZDv 20/7 on the basis of Section 44 of the Soldiers ' Careers Ordinance ( Ordinance on the Careers of Soldiers (Soldiers' Career Ordinance - SLV) . March 19, 2002, Section 44 ( gesetze-im-internet.de [accessed on March 25, 2014] revised) by announcement of August 19, 2011 I 1813. Last amended by Art. 2, Paragraph 5 G of April 8, 2013 I 730). )

[Verkürzt-14] For reasons of space, shortened captions. What is meant are army and air force uniforms . The dark blue pad shown for army uniforms indicates a soldier in the medical service . In addition to the ones shown here on the shoulder flap of the service suit , there are a number of other types of rank insignia, which are described in more detail in the article → "Rank insignia of the Bundeswehr" .

[17] The stage manager dentistry of the Bundeswehr and sub-department head III in the medical service command of the Bundeswehr will in future be led by a colonel or naval doctor . He is the "highest dentist" in the Bundeswehr. Appointments to higher ranks are not planned for dentists until further notice (until now the stage manager was general physician), even if the Federal President's order on the rank designations and uniforms of soldiers is not excluded.

[ZDV2008-1] Hartmut Bagger , Command Staff of the Armed Forces I 3, Federal Ministry of Defense (Ed.): ZDv 37/10. Suit regulations for soldiers in the Bundeswehr . July 1996. Reprint from October 2008. Bonn July 16, 2008, 4 labels, p. 539 ( digitized version ( memento from September 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) [PDF; 3.5 MB ] Reprint October 2008 replaces first edition from July 1996).

[SG-3] The Federal Minister of Defense (ed.): ZDv 14/5. Soldiers Act . DSK AV110100174, change status July 17, 2008. Bonn August 21, 1978, rank designations in the Bundeswehr, p. B 185 (Not to be confused with the Law on the Legal Status of Soldiers (Soldiers Law) ).

[STANAG-4] Agreed English texts. STANAG 2116 . NATO standardization agreement (STANAG) . NATO codes for grades of military personnel. 5th edition. 1992 (English, NATO Rank Codes - 1992 [accessed March 25, 2014]).

[BPräsUnifAnO-5] The Federal President (Ed.): Order of the Federal President on the rank designations and the uniform of the soldiers . BPresUnifAnO. July 14, 1978 ( gesetze-im-internet.de [PDF] Order of the Federal President on the rank designations and uniforms of soldiers from July 14, 1978 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1067 ), last amended by Article 1 of the order of 31. May 1996 ( BGBl. I p. 746 ) has been changed).

[Abkrz-6] Federal Minister of Defense ; Command Staff of the Armed Forces IV 1 (Ed.): Abbreviations for use in the Bundeswehr - German Abbreviations - ZDv 64/10 . Bonn January 19, 1979 ( pingwins.ucoz.de [PDF] as of September 17, 1999).

[BBesO-7] Appendix I (to § 20, paragraph 2, sentence 1) Bundesbesoldungsgesetz orders of A and B . ( gesetze-im-internet.de [accessed on March 25, 2014] Federal Pay Regulations (BBesO) only apply to professional and temporary soldiers and are an annex to the Federal Pay Act (BBesG)).

[8] The Federal Minister of Defense (ed.): Law on the legal status of soldiers (Soldiers Act - SG) . Bonn March 19, 1956, § 4 para. 3 (2) - ( gesetze-im-internet.de [PDF; accessed on March 25, 2014] Newly drafted by notice of May 30, 2005 I 1482. Last amended by Art . 1 G of April 8, 2013 I 730).

[SLV-10] Ordinance on the Careers of Soldiers (Soldiers' Careers Ordinance - SLV) . March 19, 2002 ( gesetze-im-internet.de [accessed on March 25, 2014] Newly drafted by notice of August 19, 2011 I 1813. Last amended by Art. 2 Paragraph 5 G of April 8, 2013 I 730).

[Anlage-11] Note also: Annex (to § 3). Allocation of the career paths of the soldiers to the career groups of the men and women, the NCOs and the officers

[20/7-12] The Federal Minister of Defense ; Personnel, Social and Central Affairs Department (Ed.): ZDv 20/7. Provisions for the transport and for the recruitment, acceptance and admission of soldiers . Bonn March 27, 2002, Art. 635 ( PDF ( memento of October 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) [accessed on March 26, 2014] DSK AP210100187, reprint January 2008).

[VorgV-15] Federal Minister of Defense (ed.): Ordinance on the regulation of the military superior relationship (Superior Ordinance - VorgV) . June 4, 1956 ( online [accessed on March 25, 2014] last amended by Art. 1 No. 2 V of October 7, 1981 I 1129).

[16] Military disciplinary code (WDO). In: Laws on the Internet . Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection , August 16, 2001, accessed on November 5, 2014 (from August 16, 2001 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 2093 ), last amended by Article 7 of the Act of August 28, 2013 ( Federal Law Gazette I p . 3386 ) has been changed).

[SGBOX-18] The equivalent, higher and lower ranks are given in accordance with ZDv 14/5 B 185, cf. The Federal Minister of Defense (ed.): ZDv 14/5. Soldiers Act . DSK AV110100174, change status July 17, 2008. Bonn August 21, 1978, rank designations in the Bundeswehr, p. B 185 (Not to be confused with the Law on the Legal Status of Soldiers (Soldiers Act) . The order of the ranks shown in the info box does not necessarily correspond to one of the regular rank sequences provided for in the Soldiers' Career Ordinance , nor does it necessarily correspond to the rank hierarchy described in the Superiors Ordinance a managerial relationship ).