Practising doctors, dental surgeons and midwives, as well as persons applying for registration on the roll of doctors, dental surgeons or midwives, must inform the departmental council of the Association to which they belong of any contracts or agreements relating to the practice of their profession and, if they do not own the equipment and premises in which they practise or will practise their profession, any contracts or agreements guaranteeing them the use of this equipment and premises.
The same obligations apply to contracts and amendments whose purpose is to transfer ownership of the equipment and premises subject to a resolutory condition. They do not apply to contracts that conform to a standard contract submitted for approval by the ministers responsible for health and social security.
The notification provided for above must be made within one month of the conclusion of the contract or amendment, to enable the application of articles L. 4121-2 and L. 4127-1.
The departmental medical council, the departmental dental surgeons’ council or the departmental midwives’ council must make contracts and amendments available to the Minister for Health.
Any natural or legal person entering into a contract with a doctor, dental surgeon or midwife must do so in writing.
Doctors, dental surgeons and midwives practising within a company must forward to the council of the ordre to which they belong, in addition to the articles of association of this company and any amendments thereto, any agreements and amendments relating to its operation or to relations between partners. These communications must be made within one month of the conclusion of the agreement or amendment.
Contractual provisions incompatible with the rules of the profession or likely to deprive the contracting parties of their professional independence make them liable to the disciplinary sanctions provided for in article L. 4124-6.