Section 3: Declaration of provision of services

The declaration provided for in Article L. 4112-7 must be sent to the Conseil national de l’ordre of the profession concerned before the first services are provided. It includes information relating to civil status, nationality, initial training, professional experience and lifelong training that has been validated by a competent body, language skills, the legality of the establishment in the Member State of origin or provenance, the absence of any ban,…

I. – Within one month of receipt of the declaration, the conseil national de l’ordre shall inform the service provider, on the basis of an examination of his file, either: 1° Either that he may commence the provision of services without prior verification of his professional qualifications ; 2° Or, where verification of his professional qualifications, which may only be for the purpose of avoiding endangering the health of patients…

The Conseil national de l’ordre registers the service provider on a special list. This registration is exempt from the payment of fees. The Conseil national de l’ordre will send the applicant a receipt stating his registration number, mentioning, where applicable, the speciality or specialities corresponding to the professional qualifications he has declared and, in the case of partial access, the professional title under which he is authorised to practise and…

The service provider shall inform the competent national health insurance body in advance of his provision of services by sending a copy of the receipt referred to in Article R. 4112-9-2 or by any other means.

An order by the Minister for Health sets out : 1° The model form for the declaration and the declaration of partial practice as well as the list of supporting documents ; 2° The information to be provided in the statistical reports.