The Mustercurriculum is the model curriculum for the ärztliche Schulung. The Bundesapothekerkammer is preparing it together with the Bundesärztekammer, and the ApoVWG sets 2 November 2026 as the date by which it should exist.
Its job is to make the training comparable. Without a model curriculum, each training provider decides for itself what a pharmacist has to learn before taking blood from a vein, which makes it hard for a state authority or an insurer to judge whether a given course was adequate.
The point most often reported incorrectly is what the date means. The Mustercurriculum is not a precondition. A pharmacy that finds a physician willing to train its pharmacists today may start today, provided the other conditions of § 11c Apothekengesetz are met. The deadline binds the bodies writing the curriculum, not the pharmacies waiting for it.
That distinction matters commercially. Reading the date as a start date pushes a pharmacy into 2027 for a service that has been lawful since 2 July 2026.
What a pharmacy should have in place before the first venöse Blutentnahme is the confirmed training, written Standardarbeitsanweisungen, a suitable room, notification of the state authority, and a route to an accredited laboratory. None of those depends on the Mustercurriculum being published.
Once it is published, existing training should be checked against it, and any gap closed through an Ergänzungsschulung rather than a repeat of the whole course.
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.
