The therapeutic patient education programmes referred to in articles L. 1161-2 to L. 1161-4 are coordinated by a doctor, by another healthcare professional or by a duly authorised representative of a patients’ association approved under article L. 1114-1.
A programme must be implemented by at least two healthcare professionals from different professions, governed by the provisions of Books I and II and Titles I to VII of Book III of Part Four.
Where the programme is not coordinated by a doctor, one of these two healthcare professionals must be a doctor.