Overview

• The Higher Administrative Court in Münster upheld North Rhine-Westphalia’s April 2025 order requiring the civil‑servant teacher to attend an Amtsarzt examination, issuing its final decision on August 12.
• The teacher has not taught since 2009 and has continued to receive full salary under civil‑service rules while submitting repeated sick notes citing psychological problems.
• The court criticized the employer’s years of inactivity as not understandable yet ruled the authority to mandate a medical check did not lapse over time.
• The judges allowed psychiatric assessment as part of the exam because the teacher had presented certificates from a neurology and psychiatry center.
• The teacher must pay the legal costs, and the medical evaluation will now determine whether she can return to service or should be placed on a pension.