In July 201537 schools of osteopathy (out of the 50 that exist in France) submitted their application to the Ministry of Health following the publication of a decree aimed at better regulating the profession ofosteopath in France.
The selection criteria were strict: to be recognized by the State, the schools had to provide training for at least 5 years – that is 4,860 hours of lessons. This hourly volume was also to be divided into 7 major teaching areas, and shared between theoretical training and practical teaching. In addition, teachers had to have at least 5 years of experience.
Results : out of 37 files, only 23 had been accepted. A verdict difficult to accept for those who failed: some establishments had outright challenged this decision by taking legal action. However, according to the Official Journal of this Thursday, March 10, 2016 (source), 8 schools refused in July 2015 have just received their approval. These will therefore be recognized by the State from September 2016 and for a period of 5 years.
A manual discipline recognized by the WHO and the Ministry of Health
The list of schools concerned: the ATMAN Osteopathy Center in Valbonne-Sophia Antipolis (Alpes-Maritimes), the Andrew Taylor Still Academy, in Limonest (Rhône), the Osteopathic College of the Basque Country, in Biarritz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), the Danhier school of osteopathy, in Saint-Ouen (Seine-Saint-Denis), the Institute of higher education in osteopathy of Vichy (Allier), the Institute of osteopathy of Bordeaux (Gironde), the European School of osteopathy of the private campus of Alsace, in Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin) and the Ostéobio training establishment, in Cachan (Val-de-Marne).
As a reminder, osteopathy is a curative and preventive manual therapy whose objective is to restore the mobility of bones, muscles and joints that make up the body. The discipline is recognized by the WHO as “participation in the maintenance of health”. In France, the National Assembly and the Senate recognized osteopathy on March 4, 2002 by passing the law relating to the rights of patients and the quality of the health system.
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