I.-Subject to the provisions of II, the duties of director of an establishment or service for the care of young children may be carried out by :
1° A person holding a State diploma as a doctor of medicine;
2° A person holding a State diploma as a nursery nurse;
3° A person holding a State diploma as an educator of young children;
4° Any person with three years’ experience as a director, deputy director, technical manager or technical advisor in one or more establishments or services for the care of young children. For persons with three years’ experience as a technical advisor, a diploma as a childcare assistant is also required on the date on which they take up their post as director;
5° Any person with one of the qualifications mentioned in 4° to 11° of II of article R. 2324-35 and a certification of at least level 6 registered in the national register of professional certifications provided for inarticle L 6113-1 of the Labour Code attesting to skills in the field of supervision or management. ;
II -The exercise of management functions in the establishments mentioned in 4° and 5° of article R. 2324-46, 3° of article R. 2324-47 and 3° and 4° of II of article R. 2324-48 of the present code is entrusted as a matter of priority, for the professionals mentioned in 2°, 3° and 5° of I of the present article, to those of them who can provide proof of three years’ professional experience working with young children. The methods for calculating these three years’ experience are set by order of the Minister responsible for the family.