Article R4333-8 of the French Public Health Code
November 2, 2023
The information referred to in article R. 4333-7 is transmitted when the training certificate is obtained.
The information referred to in article R. 4333-7 is transmitted when the training certificate is obtained.
Speech therapy consists of 1° Preventing, assessing and treating, as early as possible, by means of re-education activities constituting treatment, voice, articulation and speech disorders, as well as disorders associated with the understanding of oral and written language and its expression; 2° To provide training in other forms of non-verbal communication to complement or supplement these functions.
As part of the medical prescription, the speech and language therapist draws up an assessment which includes the speech and language therapy diagnosis, the objectives and the treatment plan. The report on this assessment is sent to the prescribing doctor, together with any information in the speech and language therapist’s possession and any advice that may be useful to the doctor in establishing the medical diagnosis, in clarifying the technical…
Speech and language therapists are authorised to perform the following acts: 1° In the field of abnormalities of oral or written expression : a) Re-education of language functions in young children with motor, sensory or mental disabilities ; b) Re-education of articulation, speech or oral language disorders, dysphasia, stammering, whatever their origin; c) Re-education of phonation disorders linked to palatal division or velo-pharyngeal incompetence; d) Rehabilitation of written language disorders,…
Speech and language therapy is accompanied by appropriate advice for the patient’s immediate environment. Speech and language therapists may propose, organise or participate in prevention, health education or screening activities. They may take part in initial and continuing training for speech and language therapists and possibly other professionals, in the fight against illiteracy or in research in the field of speech and language therapy.
The certificat de capacité d’orthophoniste is a national higher education diploma, in accordance with the third paragraph (2°) of article D. 613-7 of the French Education Code.
Speech and language therapy students complete their work placement with a speech and language therapist, known as the “maître de stage”. This placement is either with a speech and language therapist in private practice, or with a speech and language therapist working in a public or private not-for-profit health establishment. In this case, the trainee works under the responsibility of the head doctor or medical director of the establishment where…
The training supervisor must have been in professional practice for at least three years and must be approved by a committee chaired by the director of the student’s training and research unit, in accordance with the procedures defined by an order of the ministers responsible for higher education and health. The director of the training and research unit draws up the list of training supervisors and decides on the assignment…
The maximum number of trainees that the training supervisor may receive may not exceed three if the training supervisor works in a public or private not-for-profit health establishment. Within this limit, it is set by agreement between the training supervisor and the head of department or the medical director of the establishment. In private practice, a training supervisor may not receive more than one trainee at a time.
With the patient’s consent, the trainee attends the activities of the training supervisor and participates, under the responsibility and in the presence of the training supervisor, in the professional acts which the latter usually performs. The student may not receive any remuneration, either from his training supervisor or from patients, for his activities as a trainee.
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