The CPS card and e-CPS are two complementary means of authentication. A person may use both at the same time, or one or the other according to their preference.

Access to the service may be restricted for the following reasons:

• you do not specialise in occupational medicine
• you work for a private insurance company
• you no longer practise
• your CPS card has expired or been revoked
• your web browser is not compatible
• you are using a mobile appliance (smartphone or tablet)
• you are not included in the following list of health professionals:
  • general practitioners and specialists (radiologists, biologists, independent, employee, Samu-Emergencies-C.15, interns)
  • biological pharmacists and interns
  • pharmacists in dispensaries or hospitals
  • dental surgeon, interns
  • midwives
  • nurses
  • physical therapist
  • pedicure-podiatrists
  • speech therapists
  • ergotherapists, psychomotor specialists, orthopists, dieticians
  • medical radiologists

The ANS offers 4 types of software certificates:

• Legal person (Organisation)
• Legal person (Server)
• Natural person (Professional)
• Natural person (Health Professional)

This midware allows the interfacing between computer applications, such as the Vivoptim doctors portal and the CPS card.

The State evaluates the following criteria: 

• Terminology conceived by one of the ANS’ Production Units
• Terminology conceived by a Production Unit with a convention
• Terminology in usage
• Terminology compatible with the ANS right imposition
• Reference terminology
• “Open” terminology
• Maturity of the Production Unit in charge of the terminology’s conception and maintenance
• Local terminology sets (“small terminologies”)
• Terminology conceived by a “fragile” Production Unit / Terminology conceived by a Production Unit without a distribution point