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Article L4381-1-1 of the French Public Health Code

Where the province of Quebec grants the right to practise their profession on its territory to holders of evidence of formal qualifications allowing them to practise in France the professions referred to in this book and those referred to in articles L. 4241-1 and L. 4241-13, 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, where they exist, and the Minister responsible for health, and if their professional qualifications are recognised as comparable to those required in France to practise the profession.

Practice authorisations are issued individually, in accordance with the procedure and conditions laid down for the recognition of the professional qualifications of Community nationals, to practitioners who have demonstrated an adequate knowledge of the French language, the conditions for which are laid down by regulation. They are subject to the rules governing conditions of practice and professional rules applicable in France.

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Article L4381-1-1

Lorsque la province de Québec accorde le droit d’exercer leur profession sur son territoire aux titulaires d’un titre de formation permettant l’exercice en France des professions citées au présent livre ainsi que de celles mentionnées aux articles L. 4241-1 et L. 4241-13, 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 conclus à cet effet, signés par les ordres, lorsqu’ils existent, 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, selon la procédure et les modalités prévues pour la reconnaissance des qualifications professionnelles des ressortissants communautaires, aux praticiens ayant fait la preuve d’une connaissance suffisante de la langue française dont les conditions sont fixées par voie réglementaire. Ils sont soumis aux règles relatives aux conditions d’exercice ainsi qu’aux règles professionnelles applicables en France.

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