[German qualified doctors license to continue practice in south Jutland after the reunion. (Application of danish jus practicandi, process and result)].

Abstract

At the reunion of the southern part of Jutland with Denmark 1920 danish legislation had to be introduced in the new incorporated region. According to a special law doctors educated in Germany could obtain danish medical authorization, if they were born or established in the region before 1.1.1918, under certain circumstances it was possible to dispense from this date. The law meant that all doctors, in the region had to ask for danish authorization. Matrimonial relationship and personal connections were strong arguments for a dispensation, but not always sufficient. In more cases a refusal was given because of a german attitude at the applicant in spite of matrimonial relationship, with the result that the applicant had to leave an established practice and Denmark. 53 doctors were given danish authorization immediately. 8 got an authorization by dispensation and 10 got a refusal. A survey of the applications and the corrected archives shows, that the cases mostly were handled without problems. But the cases, where dispensation and especially refusal were given, were often very complicated and followed by heavy local national reactions. This paper describes the background of the special law and the course of the cases with particular weight on the cases where dispensation or refusal were given.