Sub-paragraph 1: Candidate registration requirements

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Article A212-36

French Sports CodeIn force

Updated 7 Nov 2023

To enrol in a course, the candidate's application must be submitted to the training organisation, which will check it for compliance, one month before the date set for the candidate to start the course.

Any incomplete application will be rejected by the training organisation.

The application must include the following documents:

1° A registration form with photograph ;

2° A photocopy of a valid identity document;

3° A copy of the census certificate or the individual certificate of participation in the Defence and Citizenship Day for those under 25;

4° The certificate(s) proving fulfilment of the prerequisites laid down by the decree creating the speciality, diploma endorsement or complementary certificate in question;

5° Documents justifying dispensations and legal equivalences;

6° For enrolment in a complementary certificate, a photocopy of the diploma authorising enrolment in the course or a certificate of enrolment in the course leading to this diploma;

7° One or more of the other documents required by the order creating the speciality, specialisation or complementary certificate in question;

8° For diplomas in the field of sport:

whose specialities, endorsements or complementary certificates do not require prerequisite tests;

- whose candidates are exempt from the prerequisite tests;

- whose candidates have passed the prerequisite tests and whose medical certificate is dated more than one year before the date of entry into training:

-a medical certificate stating that there is no contraindication to practising and supervising the physical or sporting activity or activities concerned by the diploma, dated less than one year before the date of entry to the course. This certificate may be subject to additional conditions laid down in the order creating the diploma;

9° In addition, for people with disabilities, the opinion of a doctor approved by the Fédération française handisport or by the Fédération française de sport adapté or appointed by the Commission des droits et de l'autonomie des personnes handicapées (Commission for the Rights and Independence of People with Disabilities) on the need to adapt the training or the certification tests, where applicable, depending on the certification sought.

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