Part four: Health professions

The Ordre National des Pharmaciens comprises seven sections into which pharmacists are divided as follows: Section A: pharmacists who own a pharmacy ; Section B: pharmacists in charge, as well as their temporary staff, delegates, temporary delegates and assistants working in companies and establishments engaged in the manufacture, import or use of medicinal products or products mentioned in article L. 5124-1 ; Section C: pharmacists in charge and their interim,…

Each of these sections is administered by a central council, the head office of which is in Paris, composed of appointed members and elected members, in accordance with the procedures laid down in this chapter, whose term of office is six years. Subject to the provisions of article L. 4232-13, pharmacists who are registered on the roll for each section and who have been practising for at least three years…

The Central Council of dispensing pharmacists, which manages section A of the Ordre des pharmaciens, draws up and updates the national register of dispensing pharmacists. It coordinates the actions of the regional councils and forwards their wishes and decisions to the National Council of the Order of Pharmacists. It may propose any measures relating to professional morality and ethics.

The central council of dispensing pharmacists comprises : 1° The presidents of the regional councils; 2° Six dispensing pharmacists and their alternates, who provide additional representation for the six regions with the largest number of pharmacists, elected by and from among the members of these regional councils in a first-past-the-post ballot; 3° A pharmacist public health inspector representing the Minister for Health in an advisory capacity; 4° A pharmacist professor…

The regional council of section A of the Ordre des pharmaciens ensures compliance with the professional rules specific to dispensing pharmacy. It deliberates on matters submitted to it for examination by its president, by the director general of the regional health agency, by the central council of section A, by the regional pharmaceutical unions and by all pharmacists registered with the order in the region. It regulates all professional relations…

The regional council is composed of : 1° A professor or senior lecturer of pharmacy training and research units, pharmacists, representing each pharmacy training and research unit in the region, appointed for six years by the rector of the academic region, after consulting the director of each of these units; 2° A pharmacist public health inspector representing, in an advisory capacity, the director general of the regional health agency; for…

The central managing council of section B of the Ordre des pharmaciens comprises sixteen members appointed or elected for six years: 1° Two professors or senior lecturers from pharmacy training and research units, a pharmacist in active service, appointed by the Minister for Health on the recommendation of the Minister for Higher Education; 2° In an advisory capacity, an inspector from the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des…

The central managing board of section C comprises fifteen members appointed or elected for six years: 1° A professor or senior lecturer in pharmacy training and research units, a pharmacist in active service, appointed by the Minister for Health on the recommendation of the Minister for Higher Education; 2° In an advisory capacity, an inspector from the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé representing the…

The Central Council managing section D of the Ordre des pharmaciens is made up of forty members appointed or elected for six years. This central council comprises : 1° A professor or senior lecturer in pharmacy training and research units, a pharmacist in active service, appointed by the Minister for Health on the recommendation of the Minister for Higher Education; 2° A pharmacist public health inspector representing the Minister for…