Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Hearing-aid acousticians, students studying for the diploma provided for in article L. 4361-3 and the persons mentioned in article L. 4361-5 are bound by professional secrecy under the conditions and subject to the penalties set out in articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the French Penal Code.

Illegal practice of the profession of hearing aid acoustician, optician-monitor, ortho-prosthetist, chiropodist-orthotist, ocularist, epithesist or orthopaedic-orthotist is punishable by one year’s imprisonment and a fine of €15,000. Natural persons are also liable to the following additional penalties: a) Posting or distributing the decision handed down, in accordance with the conditions set out in article 131-35 of the French Criminal Code; b) Confiscation of the thing that was used or intended…

The unauthorised use of the title of hearing aid acoustician, optician-monitor, ortho-prosthetist, chiropodist-orthotist, ocularist, epithesist or orthopaedic-orthotist or of a diploma, certificate or other title legally required for the practice of these professions is punishable as the offence of usurpation of title provided for in article 433-17 of the French Penal Code. Legal entities declared criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Penal Code,…

A fine of €3,750 shall be imposed for delivering or selling : 1° Corrective ocular contact lenses in disregard of the conditions for delivery to a first-time wearer set out in article L. 4362-9-1 ; 2° Corrective lenses and corrective ocular contact lenses in breach of articles L. 4362-10 and L. 4362-11 ; 3° Corrective ocular contact lenses or corrective lenses in disregard of the obligations incumbent on online sales…