The following may be recruited as associate midwives:
1° Candidates for authorisation to practise the profession of midwife defined in I of article L. 4111-2, who have passed the knowledge verification tests, for the performance of the duties required by the provisions of the same I ;
2° Candidates for authorisation to practise the profession of midwife as defined in II of article L. 4111-2 and in article L. 4151-5-1, to complete the adaptation period provided for in the same articles.
They carry out their duties under the direct responsibility of the practitioner in charge of the department or the practitioner responsible for the internal structure to which they are assigned or, if the latter is unable to carry out his/her duties, one of his/her medical colleagues. They take part in the activities of the unit or internal structure to which they are assigned within the framework of the organisation of activities defined by the senior midwife or midwife assistant to the head of the unit.