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Registering health care proxies and advance care directives in the central register of health care proxies

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Procedure

            			
You can apply for registration in the Central Register of Pensioners yourself online or in writing. 

If you would like to apply for registration online: 


  • Go to the website of the Central Register of Lasting Powers of Attorney and follow the instructions.
  • After you have submitted the online application for registration, the Central Pension Register will send you a data control sheet and an invoice. You can see the data to be entered on the data control sheet and make any necessary corrections.
  • Once you have paid the applicable fee, your power of attorney or care directive will be registered in the Central Register of Lasting Powers of Attorney and the competent guardianship court will be able to inspect it.
  • At the end of the procedure, you will receive a confirmation of registration and the ZVR card.

If you would like to apply for registration in writing:  


  • Download the form for private individuals online and print it out.
  • Fill in the form, add the supplementary form if required and send the application documents to the Central Register of Lasting Powers of Attorney
  • After you have submitted the written application for registration, the Central Pension Register will send you a data control sheet and an invoice. You can see the data to be entered on the data control sheet and make any necessary corrections.
  • Once you have paid the applicable fee, your power of attorney or care directive will be registered in the Central Register of Lasting Powers of Attorney and the competent guardianship court will be able to inspect it.
  • At the end of the procedure, you will receive a confirmation of registration and the ZVR card.

Note: If you have the power of attorney or advance care directive notarized or certified by a notary, they can arrange for it to be registered in the Central Register of Lasting Powers of Attorney on your behalf. The same applies if you draw up the power of attorney or care directive with the assistance of a lawyer, care association or care authority that is registered with the Central Register of Lasting Powers of Attorney as a so-called institutional user. 

Registration portal of the Central Register of Lasting Powers of Attorney [https://www.vorsorgeregister.de/privatpersonen/registrierung] Application for registration of the existing lasting power of attorney on the ZVR website [https://zvr-online.bnotk.de/zvr/startseite.xhtml]

			
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