The Conseil national de l’ordre des pédicures-podologues carries out, at national level, the general duties of the Order as defined in article L. 4322-7.
It sets, calls for and collects the fees payable during the first quarter of the current calendar year by each natural or legal person entered on the roll. However, the contribution is not payable by the chiropodist on health reserve if he or she only practises the profession in this capacity. It also determines the proportions of this contribution to be allocated at regional, inter-regional and national level.
The National Council manages the Association’s assets, defines its property policy and monitors its implementation. It may set up or subsidise organisations of interest to the profession, as well as mutual aid organisations.
It validates and controls the management of the regional or inter-regional councils. It receives their budgetary and accounting documents. The National Council may request any other document it deems necessary. The procedures for this validation and control are set out in the treasury regulations drawn up by the national council and applicable to all ordinal bodies. The councils must inform the National Council in advance of the creation and report to it on all the bodies dependent on these councils. It pays the regional or inter-regional councils a sum intended to ensure the harmonisation of these councils. It pays the regional or inter-regional councils a sum intended to ensure harmonisation of their charges at national level.
A statutory auditor shall certify the combined accounts of the councils of the Bar at national level on an annual basis.
The National Council may, due to operational difficulties linked to the demographic situation of the profession of chiropodist or to a shortage of elected members of the Order, bring about the grouping of regional or inter-regional councils by a decision taken at a plenary session.
The national council authorises its president to take legal action.
It may, before all courts, exercise all the rights reserved to a civil party in respect of acts directly or indirectly prejudicial to the collective interest of the profession of chiropodist, including in the case of threats or violence committed because of membership of this profession.