I.-The professional sections of the Agence nationale du développement professionnel continu are :
1° The professional section for doctors ;
2° The professional section for dental surgeons ;
3° The professional section for midwives ;
4° The professional section for pharmacists;
5° The professional section of medical biologists;
6° The professional section of nurses;
7° The professional section of masseur-physiotherapists;
8° The professional section of chiropodists;
9° The professional section of speech therapists;
10° The professional section of orthoptists.
II – The members of the professional sections are appointed by the Director General of the National Agency for Professional Development, on the basis of one representative designated by each of the trade union organisations recognised as representative at national level pursuant to Article L. 162-33 of the Social Security Code.
The professional sections for doctors, dental surgeons and nurses also include a representative appointed by the unions of healthcare professionals practising in health centres.
Representatives of the Ministries of Health and Social Security may attend meetings of the professional sections in an advisory capacity.
III – The professional sections implement and manage, for each profession covered by the agreement, the financial envelopes allocated to them by the Management Board.
Grouped together as a professional committee, they implement and manage the financial envelope allocated by the Management Board to multi-professional training programmes and initiatives.