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Article L4361-9 of the French Public Health Code

A hearing-aid acoustician who is a national of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, who is established and legally practises the profession of hearing-aid acoustician in a Member State or a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, may perform professional acts in France, on a temporary and occasional basis, without having to…

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Article L4361-10 of the French Public Health Code

When the authorisation to practise or declaration of provision of services is issued, the hearing aid acoustician must have the language skills required to practise the profession and those relating to the systems of weights and measures used in France. The language proficiency test must be proportionate to the activity to be carried out and must be carried out once the professional qualification has been recognised.

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Article L4361-11 of the French Public Health Code

The following shall be determined by decree of the Conseil d’Etat: 1° Where necessary, the professional rules ; 2° The composition and operation of the committee referred to in Article L. 4361-4 and the conditions under which the person concerned is subject to a compensation measure; 3° The procedures for verifying the professional qualifications referred to in Article L. 4361-9; 4° The procedures for applying the obligation to transmit the…

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Article L4362-1 of the French Public Health Code

Persons who have obtained the evidence of formal qualifications or authorisation required to practise as opticians must register with the department or body designated for this purpose by the Minister responsible for health before entering the profession. The registration of these persons is carried out after verification of the supporting documents attesting to their identity and their evidence of formal qualifications or authorisation. They must inform the same department or…

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Article L4362-2 of the French Public Health Code

The diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications referred to in Article L. 4362-1 are the optician-mutician advanced technician’s certificate and the optician-mutician professional certificate, as well as any other evidence of formal qualifications designated by order of the ministers responsible for trade, the economy and finance, higher education and health. Opticians may use their evidence of formal qualifications in the language of the State which issued them. He…

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Article L4362-3 of the French Public Health Code

The competent authority may, after obtaining the opinion of a committee composed in particular of professionals, individually authorise nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area to practise the profession of optician who, without possessing the diploma provided for in Article L. 4362-2, hold : 1° Evidence of formal qualifications issued by one or more Member…

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Article L4362-4 of the French Public Health Code

Notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 4362-1, holders of a diploma from a national vocational school, optics and eyewear section, or a certificate from the Ecole des Métiers d’Optique may practise the profession of optician-mutician.

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