Part four: Health professions

The State lays down the conditions of access to training for the professionals mentioned in Titles I to VII of this book, nursing assistants, nursery auxiliaries, ambulance attendants and health managers. It determines the training programmes, the organisation of studies and the assessment procedures for students. It issues the diplomas. The Director General of the Regional Health Agency monitors the programmes and the quality of the training. The Director General…

For each of the professions mentioned in Titles I to VII of this Book, the number of students or pupils admitted to undertake studies with a view to the award of the diplomas, certificates or other evidence of formal qualifications required to practise the profession in question may be set on an annual or multi-annual basis. Where the choice is made to determine a number of students or pupils to…

By way of derogation from article L. 4383-2, the number of students or pupils mentioned in this article recruited to meet the needs of the armed forces and their distribution between the institutes or schools in each region are set annually by joint order of the Minister for Defence, the Minister for Health and, where applicable, the Minister for Higher Education. Monitoring of the programmes and the quality of the…

The creation of institutes or schools for the training of the professionals mentioned in Titles I to VII of this book, nursing assistants, nursery auxiliaries, ambulance attendants and health managers is subject to authorisation issued by the President of the Regional Council, after obtaining the opinion of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency. Institutes or schools authorised by the President of the Regional Council to provide initial paramedical…

The region is responsible for awarding grants to pupils and students enrolled in training institutes and schools authorised in application of article L. 4383-3. The nature, level and conditions for awarding this aid are set by decision of the Regional Council. Pupils and students may not be required to be resident in France. A decree sets the minimum rules for the rates and scales for this assistance.

The region is responsible for the operation and equipment of the schools and institutes mentioned in article L. 4383-3 when they are public. It may participate in the financing of the operation and equipment of these establishments when they are private. The operating and equipment grant is paid annually to the organisations that run these schools and institutes; the expenditure and resources of these establishments are identified in a specific…

The procedures for applying this chapter shall be determined by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.