Section 1: Professional acts.

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Article R4331-1

French Public Health CodeIn force
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Updated 2 Nov 2023

Persons fulfilling the conditions defined in articles L. 4331-2 and L. 4331-4 may contribute, when such treatment is provided by a health or medico-social establishment or service governed by Book I of Part VI of this Code or by Book III of the Social Action and Family Code, to the treatment of deficiencies, dysfunctions, incapacities or disabilities of a somatic, psychological or intellectual nature, with a view to using, in an activity and work situation, the deficient functions and residual capacities of the person concerned, psychic or intellectual, with a view to soliciting, in an activity and work situation, the deficient functions and residual capacities for functional and relational adaptation of the persons treated, to enable them to maintain, recover or acquire individual, social or professional autonomy.

The professional acts that these people are authorised to perform during these treatments, where applicable, in the patients' homes, on medical prescription, are :

1° Osteoarticular, neurological, muscular, trophic, functional, autonomy or relational difficulties assessments;

2° The conditioning of joints and muscles or the facilitation of a function enabling the acts defined in 3° to be performed, excluding the acts mentioned in article L. 4321-1 ;

3° By organising craft, play, self-expression, daily life, leisure or work activities:

a) The transformation of a movement into a functional gesture ;

b) Re-education of sensory-motor skills ;

c) Re-education of temporo-spatial reference points;

d) Adaptation or readaptation to professional or everyday activities;

e) Developing the ability to adapt or compensate;

f) Maintaining functional and relational capacities and preventing deterioration;

g) Enhancing and restoring interpersonal and creative skills;

h) Maintaining or regaining personal identity and social role;

i) The expression of internal conflicts;

4° The application of equipment and technical aids appropriate to occupational therapy.

These professional acts may, where appropriate, be accompanied by actions on the environment.

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