A member who has been convicted of a disciplinary offence which has become final and binding and who has been banned from practising the profession for three months or more, or who has been banned from carrying out medical biology examinations for insured persons, or who contravenes the operation of the company, may be forced to withdraw from the company by a decision taken by an enhanced majority of the members provided for in Article R. 6223-22, calculated by excluding, in addition to the person concerned, those who have already been sanctioned for the same or related acts. If, following a ban, exclusion is not ordered, the person concerned retains his status as a partner, but his share in the profits calculated in application of the second paragraph of article R. 6223-25 is reduced in proportion to the duration of the ban.
No exclusion decision may be taken if the member has not been duly convened to the General Meeting, at least fifteen days before the scheduled date and by any means that provides proof of the date of receipt, and if he has not been given the opportunity to present his defence on the specific facts of which he is accused.
The shares of a member who is forced to withdraw from the company are sold under the conditions set out in II of article R. 6223-26.