Anyone wishing to set up as a doctor, dentist, psychiatrist or alternative practitioner or in another specialist healthcare profession in Wiesbaden must register their practice with the Wiesbaden public health department.

The Hessian Law on the Public Health Service (§12 (1) HGöGD) stipulates that the self-employed practice of a specialist/healthcare profession must be reported to the responsible health authority within one month of starting or ending the activity. Anyone who employs or intends to employ healthcare professionals is also subject to the notification requirement.

Members of non-medical healthcare professions who must register their self-employed activity:

• Midwife / maternity nurse
• Healthcare and nursing staff (former designation: nurse)
• Health and pediatric nurse (former title: pediatric nurse)
• Nursing assistant
• geriatric nurse
• Geriatric nursing assistant
• Speech therapist
• Podiatrist
• Physiotherapist
• Orthoptist
• Masseur and medical bath attendant
• Occupational therapist
• Dietician
• Health supervisor
• Disinfector
• Medical documentalist
• Medical-technical assistant for functional diagnostics
• Medical-technical laboratory assistant
• Medical-technical radiology assistant
• Pharmaceutical-technical assistant
• Paramedic

Members of the medical professions who must register their independent practice:

• Physician
• Dentist
• veterinary surgeon
• Pharmacist
• Psychological psychotherapist
• Child and adolescent psychotherapist