Part four: Health professions

Opticians who are nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and who are established and legally practising the activities of opticians 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 register in accordance…

When the authorisation to practise or the declaration of provision of services is issued, the optician 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.

The dispensing of corrective lenses for ametropia and corrective ocular contact lenses is reserved for persons authorised to practise the profession of optician-mutician, under the conditions laid down in this chapter.

The conditions for issuing corrective ocular contact lenses to a first-time wearer are determined by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.

The dispensing of corrective lenses is subject to the existence of a valid prescription by a doctor or an orthoptist. When corrective lenses or contact lenses are dispensed for the first time following a prescription, opticians may adapt the prescription with the written agreement of the prescribing practitioner. Opticians may adapt initial prescriptions for currently valid corrective lenses when they are renewed, unless the doctor or orthoptist objects. Opticians may…

When selling corrective ocular contact lenses or corrective lenses online, the service providers concerned shall allow the patient to obtain information and advice from an optician. A decree in the Conseil d’Etat will determine how this article is to be applied and will set out the information that must appear on the website.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article L. 5211-5 , the following shall be determined by decree: 1° The rules governing practice and, where necessary, equipment ; 2° The conditions of validity of the medical prescription referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 4362-10; 3° The conditions for the adaptations provided for in the second to fourth paragraphs of article L. 4362-10 and the period during which they may be…

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 commission referred to in article L. 4362-3 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. 4362-7. 4° The procedures for applying the obligation to transmit the…