The unauthorised use of the title of medical regulation assistant or of a diploma, certificate or other title legally required for the practice of this profession is punishable as the offence of usurpation of title provided for in article 433-17 of the French Penal Code.
Legal entities may be held criminally liable for this offence, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the same code. They incur the penalties provided for the offence of usurpation of title in articles 433-17 and 433-25 of the said code.