Health advice for people working in prostitution
Description
If you intend to work as a prostitute, you can obtain health advice.
You must register in order to work as a prostitute. If you wish to register as a prostitute, you are obliged to seek advice in advance.
If you are already working as a prostitute, you must seek regular advice.
Health advice is primarily concerned with topics such as
- Protection against diseases,
- Pregnancy and contraception
- risks of alcohol and drug abuse.
The consultation is confidential. This means that no information is passed on. If you do not speak German well, an interpreter or language mediator can be present or can be called to translate for you. Even then, the conversation will remain confidential.
- You are of legal age.
- Valid identification document (e.g. identity card or passport)
There are no costs.
If you work as a prostitute and are under the age of
- are not yet 21 years old, you must seek advice every 6 months.
- If you are already 21 years old or older, you must undergo counseling once a year.
The duration of the consultation depends on the individual case. The certificate will be issued immediately after the consultation.
No legal remedy is provided for.
- You make an appointment with the responsible office.
- You receive advice.
- Once the consultation has been completed, the authority will issue you with a certificate confirming that the health consultation has been carried out.
- If you register as a prostitute, you must present the certificate.
- If you are already working as a prostitute, you must have the certificate with you when carrying out your work.
There are no indications or special features.
Ministry of Labor, Health, Social Affairs, Family and Integration, Hamburger Straße 47, 22083 Hamburg
18.06.2024
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
