Candidates providing evidence of professional experience duly certified by the employer, acquired either under the third paragraph of article L. 663 of the present code in its version prior to 22 June 2000, or by holders of a pharmacist’s diploma as a contractual assistant practitioner, associate attaché, associate generalist assistant, intern or acting intern, may apply for the issue of the professional diploma of pharmacy assistant under the conditions provided for by article L. 335-5 of the Education Code and articles R. 335-5 to R. 335-11.