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Article D4364-7 of the French Public Health Code

The professions of orthoprosthetist, chiropodist, ocularist, epithesist and orthopaedic-orthotist may be practised by holders of a French State diploma entitling them to practise each of these professions, issued by the regional prefect.

Orders issued by the Minister for Health set out the following for each of these State diplomas:

1° The conditions of access to training ;

2° The training curriculum: duration of studies, teaching methods, content of theoretical and practical courses and clinical placements;

3° The certification standards, including the procedures for continuous assessment and validation of skills with a view to obtaining the State diploma;

4° The conditions for approval of the establishments, services, structures and institutions where students carry out their clinical placements;

5° The conditions for the pedagogical operation of the training structures and the procedures for monitoring them;

6° The procedures for awarding the State diploma: examination procedures, composition of the jury.

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Article D4364-7

Peuvent exercer les professions d’orthoprothésiste, de podo-orthésiste, d’oculariste, d’épithésiste et d’orthopédiste-orthésiste les titulaires du diplôme d’Etat français permettant d’exercer chacune de ces professions, délivré par le préfet de région.

Des arrêtés du ministre chargé de la santé fixent pour chacun de ces diplômes d’Etat :

1° Les conditions d’accès à la formation ;

2° Le référentiel de formation : durée des études, modalités pédagogiques, contenus des enseignements théoriques, pratiques ainsi que des stages cliniques ;

3° Le référentiel de certification incluant les modalités d’évaluation continue et de validation des compétences en vue de l’obtention du diplôme d’Etat ;

4° Les conditions d’agrément des établissements, services, structures et institutions où les étudiants effectuent leur stages cliniques ;

5° Les conditions de fonctionnement pédagogique des structures de formation et les modalités de leur contrôle ;

6° Les modalités de délivrance du diplôme d’Etat : modalités de l’examen, composition du jury.

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