Except in emergencies and subject to the legislative or regulatory provisions relating to occupational medical and social services, any chiropodist who provides a preventive chiropody service on behalf of a public body is not entitled to provide care there.
He must refer the patient to his own chiropodist or, failing that, leave the patient free to choose one.
This duty also applies to a chiropodist who provides a public screening consultation.
However, he may provide treatment for :
– patients subject to the boarding system, in an establishment with which he may be accredited ;
– patients under the care of works, establishments and institutions authorised for this purpose, in the public interest, by the Minister for Health after obtaining the opinion of the Conseil national de l’ordre des pédicures-podologues.