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Article L4111-3-1 of the French Public Health Code

Where the province of Quebec grants the right to practise their profession on its territory to doctors, dental surgeons or midwives holding evidence of formal qualifications allowing them to practise in France, holders of evidence of formal qualifications obtained in the province of Quebec may be authorised to practise their profession in France by the Minister responsible for health if arrangements for the recognition of qualifications have been made to this effect, signed by the orders and the Minister responsible for health, and if their professional qualifications are recognised as comparable to those required in France to practise the profession.

Authorisations to practise are issued individually, after consultation with the orders concerned, to practitioners who have demonstrated an adequate knowledge of the French language. They must comply with the professional rules applicable in France.

The procedures for applying this article shall be laid down by regulation.

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Article L4111-3-1

Lorsque la province de Québec accorde le droit d’exercer leur profession sur son territoire à des médecins, chirurgiens-dentistes ou sages-femmes titulaires d’un titre de formation permettant l’exercice en France, les titulaires d’un titre de formation obtenu dans la province de Québec peuvent être autorisés à exercer leur profession en France par le ministre chargé de la santé si des arrangements en vue de la reconnaissance des qualifications ont été passés à cet effet, signés par les ordres et le ministre chargé de la santé, et si leurs qualifications professionnelles sont reconnues comme comparables à celles requises en France pour l’exercice de la profession.

Les autorisations d’exercice sont délivrées individuellement, après avis des ordres intéressés, aux praticiens ayant fait la preuve d’une connaissance suffisante de la langue française. Ils sont tenus de respecter les règles professionnelles applicables en France.

Les modalités d’application du présent article sont fixées par voie réglementaire.

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