The unauthorised use of the title of childcare assistant or of a diploma, certificate or other title legally required for the practice of this profession is punishable as the offence of usurpation of a title provided for inarticle 433-17 of the French Penal Code.
Legal entities may be held criminally liable for this offence under the conditions set out inarticle 121-2 of the French Criminal Code. They incur the penalties provided for the offence of usurpation of title in articles 433-17 and 433-25 of the same code.