Since 1 January 2020, Section 4 of the Nursing Professions Act has reserved certain tasks for licensed nurses. They include assessing a person’s individual need for care and organizing, shaping and steering the care process. Pflegerische Aufgaben nach Absatz 2 dürfen beruflich nur von Personen mit einer Erlaubnis nach § 1 durchgeführt werden. These nursing tasks may be carried out professionally only by persons with a nursing license. An employer may neither assign these tasks to staff without the license nor tolerate their doing them.