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Book III: Medical auxiliaries, nursing auxiliaries, childcare auxiliaries, ambulance drivers and dental assistants

Article D4321-18 of the French Public Health Code

Admission to a training institute preparing for the state diploma of physiotherapist masseur is subject to successful completion of a first university year and obtaining 60 European credits from the 2016-2017 academic year. The conditions for admission to these institutes are set by order of the ministers responsible for health and higher education.

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Article D4321-19 of the French Public Health Code

The state diploma for masseur-physiotherapists is obtained by acquiring the skills defined in the skills reference framework mentioned in article D. 4321-15. Each skill is obtained cumulatively: 1° By validating all the teaching units relating to the competency ; 2° By acquiring all the skills assessed during the work placements.

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Article D4321-21 of the French Public Health Code

Knowledge and skills are assessed in accordance with the procedures laid down for each of the teaching units in the training reference framework by order of the ministers responsible for health and higher education. Each semester is validated by the acquisition of 30 European credits. The acquisition of teaching units is based on the principles of accumulation and compensation. Teaching units are definitively acquired and can be capitalised once the…

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Article D4321-23 of the French Public Health Code

The physiotherapy training institutes authorised to provide education leading to the State diploma are responsible for implementing the admission procedures under the supervision of the general directors of the regional health agencies. They are responsible for organising the tests and displaying the results. The composition of the examination boards and the appointment of their members are determined by the institute directors in accordance with the conditions laid down by order…

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Article R4321-27 of the French Public Health Code

The Prefect of the region designated by order of the Minister for Health, after consulting the Commission of Physiotherapists, will issue the licence provided for in article L. 4321-4, on the basis of an application accompanied by a file submitted and examined in accordance with the procedures laid down by the order referred to in article R. 4321-29. The Prefect acknowledges receipt of the application within one month of its…

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Article R4321-28 of the French Public Health Code

The commission examines the knowledge, skills and competencies acquired during the person’s initial training, professional experience and lifelong learning which have been validated by a competent body, in accordance with the procedures set out in articles R. 4311-35 and R. 4311-36.

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Article R4321-28-1 of the French Public Health Code

In each region, the commission of masseur-physiotherapists referred to in article L. 4321-4 comprises : 1° The Regional Director for Youth, Sport and Social Cohesion or his representative, as Chairman ; 2° The Director General of the Regional Health Agency or his representative; 3° A representative of the Conseil régional de l’ordre des masseurs-kinésithérapeutes ; 4° A doctor ; 5° A salaried masseur-physiotherapist working in a medico-social or health establishment;…

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