In practices where several practitioners work together, whatever their legal status, the practice of medicine must remain personal. Each practitioner retains his or her professional independence.
The patient’s free choice of doctor must be respected.
Without prejudice to the provisions specific to non-trading companies or partnerships, when several associated doctors practise in different locations, each of them must, apart from emergencies and on-call duty, only give consultations in his own practice.
The same applies if the doctors in the association regularly replace each other.
Doctors may use documents on the common letterhead of the association or the partnership of which they are a member. The signatory must be identifiable and his address must be stated.