The commission is composed of
1° A representative of the Minister for Health, Chairman ;
2° A representative of the Minister for Higher Education;
3° A representative of the Minister for Trade and Craft Trades;
4° A doctor specialising in ophthalmology, appointed and his or her alternate by order of the Minister for Health, on the recommendation of the opticians’ commission of the Higher Council for the Paramedical Professions;
5° Four retail opticians appointed and their alternates by order of the Minister for Health, on the recommendation of the opticians’ commission of the Conseil supérieur des professions paramédicales.
The commission may only sit if the majority of its members are present and decides by a majority of the votes of the members present. In the event of a tie, the chairman will have the casting vote.