The ärztliche Schulung is the training a physician gives a pharmacist before that pharmacist may take blood from a vein. It is written into § 11c Apothekengesetz, the provision the ApoVWG introduced, and it is the condition that decides whether a pharmacy can offer the service at all.
Three points define it. The person carrying out the draw must be an approbierter Apotheker. That person must have completed an ärztliche Schulung. Completion must be confirmed as successful, not merely attended.
The content is being standardised through the Mustercurriculum, which the Bundesapothekerkammer is preparing together with the Bundesärztekammer and which is due by 2 November 2026. A pharmacy does not have to wait for it. The Mustercurriculum standardises the training, it does not gate the start of the service.
Delegation follows the same rule. Only the puncture itself may be delegated, only to a Pharmazeut im Praktikum under supervision, and that person needs their own ärztliche Schulung. A PTA may not carry out the venöse Blutentnahme at all, so no training route opens that door.
The confirmation of successful completion belongs in the quality management system, next to the Standardarbeitsanweisungen for the draw. A supervising authority asking whether a pharmacy is entitled to offer blood collection will look for exactly that document.
This glossary entry is general information about German pharmacy law and practice. It is not legal advice. For binding guidance on your own pharmacy, contact your Landesapothekerkammer.
