Paragraph 3: State diploma in nursery nursing.

The diplôme d’Etat de puéricultrice is awarded by the préfet de région to holders of a nursing or midwifery diploma validated for the practice of the profession in France, who have passed the competitive entrance examination, followed a training course and validated the theoretical and practical teaching as well as the work placements that make up the training.

The following are set by order of the Minister for Health: 1° The conditions for student admission ; 2° The duration of studies, the training programme and the organisation of teaching; 3° The procedures for granting exemptions from teaching requirements; 4° The procedures for validating courses and placements with a view to awarding the State diploma.

The conditions under which a certificate of studies is issued in place of the State diploma in childcare to holders of a foreign diploma in nursing or midwifery that does not authorise them to practise in France are set by order of the Minister for Health.