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Article R4342-5 of the French Public Health Code

Orthoptists are authorised, on medical prescription or within the framework of an organisational protocol defined in this section, to perform the following professional acts:

1° Perimetry ;

2° Campimetry ;

3° Study of contrast sensitivity and night vision;

4° Investigation of the chromatic sense;

5° Mydriatic and non-mydriatic retinography. The necessary medication is prescribed by the doctor;

6° Non-contact tonometry.

The prescribing doctor or an ophthalmologist who has signed the organisational protocol is responsible for interpreting the results.

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Article R4342-5

L’orthoptiste est habilité, sur prescription médicale ou dans le cadre d’un protocole organisationnel défini à la présente section, à effectuer les actes professionnels suivants :

1° Périmétrie ;

2° Campimétrie ;

3° Etude de la sensibilité au contraste et de la vision nocturne ;

4° Exploration du sens chromatique ;

5° Rétinographie mydriatique et non mydriatique. Les médicaments nécessaires à la réalisation sont prescrits par le médecin ;

6° Tonométrie sans contact.

L’interprétation des résultats est de la compétence du médecin prescripteur ou d’un médecin ophtalmologiste signataire du protocole organisationnel.

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