Therapeutic Masseurs - Declaration of Temporary Services

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If the service provider first moves from one Member State to Austria in order to provide services, he must inform the governor of the federal state, where the services will be provided, in a written declaration in advance.

Evidence of professional qualification and proof of the nationality of a Member State of the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland

for the service Therapeutic Masseurs - Declaration of Temporary Services:

Abteilung 8 Gesundheit und Pflege
Friedrichgasse 9
8010 Graz,06.Bez.:Jakomini
Phone: +43 (316) 877-2502
Fax: +43 (316) 877-3373
Email: abteilung8@stmk.gv.at
Web address: http://verwaltung.steiermark.at

Public office hours
Montag bis Freitag von 8:00 bis 12:30 Uhr und nach Terminvereinbarung

Additional information

Governor of the federal state, where the services will be provided

The written declaration can be submitted in person, by post or electronically

Preliminary proceedings : Should the need arise there will be an aptitude test in an Austrian training institution before the authorization can be granted.

Length of proceedings : If there is no test required, the authorization can be granted right after the written declaration. If there is a prior check needed, the process can be expected to take two months.

Appeals may be submitted to the Governor of the federal state, where the services will be provided, in writing within four weeks after receiving the decision.

• Proof of the nationality of the service provider
• Attestation certifying that the holder is legally established in a Member State for the purpose of pursuing the activities concerned and that he/she is not prohibited from practising, even temporarily, at the moment of delivering the attestation
• Evidence of professional qualifications
• Declaration about the applicant’s knowledge of the German language necessary for practising the profession

All documents and certificates (except the proof of the nationality) must be submitted in German or English, either as an original or as a copy authenticated by a court, a notary public or a municipal authority. Only the translations by a certified court translator are accepted.

Non authenticated copies or untranslated documents are not accepted. After processing, all original documents will be returned immediately.

There will be administration fees for written declarations.

This application is for: Therapeutic Masseur

• section 46a of the Medizinischer Masseur- und Heilmasseurgesetz (MMHmG)
• Gebührengesetz
• Bundesverwaltungsabgabenverordnung

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