Question 15322 — health professions

Summary

Mr. Sébastien Leclerc draws the attention of the Minister of Solidarity and Health to the lack of attractiveness of the orthoptist profession. This profession is accessible after university training attested by a certificate of ability as an orthoptist, the organization and content of which are set by a decree of October 20, 2014. This course provides for several weeks of internship during the six semesters of study. Internships can be principle be carried out in public or private hospital, medico-social, educational structures and in private practices. Several points of the training grid have, however, never been specified: the status of the private internship supervisor, the homogeneity of training throughout the territory, the means of controlling the authorizations of training places and the orientation of practical teaching. These uncertainties regulations have seriously penalized orthoptists. With particular regard to practical teaching, it appeared that internships in private practice were essentially devoted to assistance during ophthalmological consultations. Rehabilitation and rehabilitation missions, which nevertheless constitute the heart of the profession, found themselves marginalized or even excluded from training. Orthoptics students now favor internships in ophthalmology practices, with better defined contours and accompanied by remuneration. During discussions on the social security financing bill for 2019, this difficulty was raised and was linked to the prohibition provided for in paragraph 3 of article L. 4381-1 of the public health code, according to which "The completion of these internships cannot have the aim or effect of increasing the remunerated activity of these practitioners”. This provision was interpreted as prohibiting orthoptist students from carrying out internships with a privately practicing orthoptist. Several amendments were tabled to delete this paragraph. They were supported by the rapporteurs of the social affairs committee of each chamber. However, the Government opposed this deletion, considering that the provisions in question did not have the effect of prohibiting internships with independent orthoptists but only the invoicing of their interventions with patients. Paragraph 3 of Article L. 4381-1 of the Public Health Code therefore remained unchanged. Therefore, if the problem does not lie in this ban, he asks him to specify the measures that the Government intends to take to improve the visibility of internships in private practices, closer to the specificities of the profession and, in any case, its axes to guarantee the sustainability and development of the orthoptist profession.

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