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The public health service conducts evaluations of individuals on behalf of authorities in accordance with legal regulations.

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The public health service conducts evaluations of individuals on behalf of authorities in accordance with legal regulations.

The commission letter must be presented to or brought to the public health department. If we receive a request for an examination, you will receive a written invitation to the examination from us.

The public health service conducts medical evaluations on behalf of authorities to professionally assess work or service capability in individual cases. This involves determining what health conditions exist and to what extent a job is currently possible or impaired.

On behalf of authorities, the public health service can carry out medical evaluations to professionally assess the health consequences of a service-related accident in individual cases.

The public health service supports various authorities with medical issues. It often involves assessing certain conditions to professionally justify a decision in an administrative process.

Even if you are in Germany without papers, you are generally entitled to medical care under the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act for acute illnesses.

The public health department is also occasionally commissioned by courts or prosecutors to address questions such as trial or detention fitness. The evaluations conducted by the public health service can only be commissioned by authorities or courts.

To clarify parentage verification, we can participate in sample collection by laboratory institutions as part of judicial orders. The reason for this elaborate process is the need to unequivocally establish the identity of the person from whom the sample is taken and to prevent sample mix-ups.

The costs calculated on a case-by-case basis are billed to the commissioning institution.

The health department itself does not conduct paternity tests or corresponding examinations. Extrajudicial tests are offered by various laboratory operators.

The public health service conducts evaluations of individuals on behalf of authorities in accordance with legal regulations.

To book an appointment online

Please bring the following:

  • a valid ID card or passport

  • medical documents related to the reason: e.g., treatment reports, lab results, ECG, X-ray findings/images, notices from the pension office

Contact

Your way to us:

Health Department

Am Wiedenhof 1-3
51643 Gummersbach

Service Hours

Monday

08:00 AM - 12:00 PM
01:00 PM - 04:00 PM 

Tuesday

08:00 AM - 12:00 PM
01:00 PM - 04:00 PM 

Wednesday

08:00 AM - 12:00 PM
01:00 PM - 04:00 PM 

Thursday

08:00 AM - 12:00 PM
01:00 PM - 05:30 PM 

Friday

08:00 AM - 12:00 PM