I.-In accordance with the provisions of article L. 4113-9, the practice of the nursing profession in any form whatsoever within a company, local authority or institution governed by private law is subject to a written contract.
This contract defines the respective obligations of the parties and specifies the means that will enable the professional to comply with the provisions of this Code of Deontology.
II – Any contract, renewal of contract or amendment to a contract with one of the bodies referred to in the first paragraph must be communicated to the relevant departmental council. The latter will check that it complies with the provisions of this code of professional ethics and, if any exist, with the essential clauses of the standard contracts drawn up either by agreement between the national council of the ordre and the authorities or institutions concerned, or in accordance with legislative or regulatory provisions.
III -Any draft contract may be communicated to the departmental council, which will make its observations known within one month. Once this period has elapsed, its opinion is deemed to have been given.
IV-The Departmental Council may, if it considers it appropriate, forward contracts, draft contracts or amendments to the National Council for its opinion.
V.-The nurse signs and submits to the departmental council a declaration in which he or she swears on his or her honour that he or she has not entered into any counter-letter relating to the contract, its renewal or an amendment submitted to the council for examination.