In accordance with the provisions of article L. 4113-9, the regular practice of physiotherapy, in any form whatsoever, within a company, a local authority, a health care organisation or an institution governed by private law must, in all cases, be the subject of a written contract.
This contract defines the respective obligations of the parties and specifies the means by which the masseur-physiotherapist will comply with the provisions of this code of ethics. Draft contracts and amendments may be communicated to the Conseil Départemental de l’Ordre, which will make its observations known within the time limit laid down in article L. 4113-12.
An agreement or the renewal of an agreement with one of the bodies mentioned in the first paragraph with a view to the practice of massage therapy is communicated to the relevant Conseil Départemental de l’Ordre, as are any amendments and internal regulations when the contract refers to them. The latter verifies that the contract complies with the provisions of the present code of ethics and, if there are any, with the essential clauses of the standard contracts drawn up either by the national council of the Order, or in accordance with legislative or regulatory provisions.
The masseur-physiotherapist signs and submits to the departmental council a declaration in which he or she swears on his or her honour that he or she has not entered into any counter-letter or amendment relating to the contract submitted to the departmental council for examination.