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Form: Questionnaire can be made available online on request

Online procedure possible: no

Written form required: yes

Personal appearance required: no

Continuing education is regulated by state law in Germany.

Further education institutions in the following health professions or nursing professions are regulated by ordinances in the state of Brandenburg:

• Intensive care and anaesthesia
• Surgical Service
• Oncological care
• Hygiene specialist
• Gerontopsychiatry

Further education institutions that want to offer state-regulated further training in these areas require state recognition. They are subject to state supervision for the permanent quality assurance of continuing training.

• They have sufficient professionally qualified managers and teachers.
• Their rooms are big enough.
• Their rooms are equipped with the appropriate teaching and learning materials.
• In order to ensure practical training components, you must prove the following:
  • the cooperation
    • with a suitable hospital,
    • an outpatient nursing service or
    • an institution for the elderly or the disabled, and
  • the qualification of the practical instructors on site

You must observe the provisions of the respective Continuing Education Ordinance.

• Professional certificates and continuing education certificates of managers and teachers (in copy)
• Information about the premises in which you would like to set up the training centre (for example, rental agreement or other planning documents)
• Cooperation agreements with institutions in which the practical training components take place
• Of
  • Curricula and timetables
  • Subject-specific assignment of lecturers and practice instructors on site
  • Type and implementation of the required performance records
  • Form of communication with the practice instructors on site

Note: You want to offer several further training courses according to the continuing education regulations of the state of Brandenburg? Then you must submit the documents for each training separately.

Note: The LAVG or the LASV must check the recognition requirements separately for each continuing education due to the different training contents. Therefore, the costs for each training area are incurred separately.

You can apply for state recognition of your training centre for nursing professions in writing using the questionnaire provided on request:

• Download and print the questionnaire online.
• Fill in the form and attach the necessary supporting documents.
• Submit the completed questionnaire and other documents to the LAVG or LASV (in the original with the signature of the managing director, chairman of the association and similar)
• The LAVG or the LASV checks whether the requirements for state recognition are met.
• After completion of the examination, you will receive a notification and thus state recognition by post if you are eligible for recognition.
• If the recognition requirements are not met, you will receive a negative decision by post.

For the continuing education area intensive care and anaesthesia, oncological care, surgical service, hygiene specialist

State Office for Occupational Safety, Consumer Protection and Health (LAVG)

For the continuing education area Gerontopsychiatry

State Office for Social Affairs and Supply (LASV)

For the continuing education area intensive care and anaesthesia, oncological care, surgical service, hygiene specialist

State Office for Occupational Safety, Consumer Protection and Health (LAVG)

Department "Health"

Wünsdorfer Platz 3

15806 Zossen

fax: 0331 8683 826

Phone: 0331 86830

For the continuing education area Gerontopsychiatry

State Office for Social Affairs and Supply (LASV)

Zeppelinstrasse 48

14471 Potsdam, Germany

fax: 0331 2761499

Phone: 0331 27610

• § 8 Act on Further Education and Training in the Specialist Professions of Health Care (WBGesG)
• Oncological Nursing Training Ordinance (OnkPWBV)
• Operational Service Training Ordinance (OpWBV)
• Intensive Care and Anesthesia Training Ordinance (IuAWBV)
• Gerontopsychiatric Specialist Training Ordinance (GerPsychFWV)
• Hygiene Specialist Training Ordinance (HygWBV)

The LAVG or LASV regularly checks your facility.

• Addresses of further education institutions in Brandenburg

Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Integration and Consumer Protection