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Article L4241-17 of the French Public Health Code

When a hospital pharmacy technician is issued with a licence to practise or a declaration of provision of services, he must have the language skills required to practise the profession and knowledge of the systems of weights and measures used in France. The language proficiency test must be proportionate to the activity to be carried out and must be carried out once the professional qualification has been recognised.

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Article L4241-18 of the French Public Health Code

The following are determined by decree in the Conseil d’Etat: 1° Where necessary, the terms and conditions of practice and professional rules ; 2° The operation of the commission referred to in articles L. 4241-7 and L. 4241-14 and the conditions under which the person concerned is subject to a compensation measure; 3° The procedures for verifying the professional qualifications referred to in articles L. 4241-11 and L. 4241-16.

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Article L4243-1 of the French Public Health Code

Illegal practice of the profession of pharmacy technician and hospital pharmacy technician is punishable by one year’s imprisonment and a fine of €15,000. Natural persons are also liable to the following additional penalties: a) Posting or disseminating the decision handed down, in accordance with the conditions set out inarticle 131-35 of the French Criminal Code; b) Confiscation of the thing that was used or intended to be used to commit…

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Article L4243-2 of the French Public Health Code

The unauthorised use of the title of pharmacy technician or hospital pharmacy technician or of a diploma, certificate or other title legally required for the practice of these professions is punishable as the offence of usurpation of title provided for in article 433-17 of the French Penal Code. Legal entities declared criminally liable, under the conditions set out inarticle 121-2 of the French Penal Code, for the offence defined in…

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Article L4243-3 of the French Public Health Code

Any pharmacist who employs, even occasionally, a person who does not satisfy the conditions laid down in this Title to carry out the operations provided for in article L. 4241-1 is liable to one year’s imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros.

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Article L4244-1 of the French Public Health Code

The State lays down the conditions of access to training for hospital pharmacy assistants. It determines the training programme, the organisation of studies, the assessment procedures for apprentices or students and awards the diploma. The Director General of the Regional Health Agency monitors the programmes and the quality of the training. The region is responsible for running and equipping training centres for hospital pharmacy assistants under the conditions set out…

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Article L4244-2 of the French Public Health Code

The creation of training centres for hospital pharmacy assistants is subject to authorisation issued by the President of the Regional Council, after consultation with the State representative in the region. The President of the Regional Council approves the directors of the training centres for hospital pharmacy assistants, after obtaining the opinion of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency. The authorisations and approvals referred to in this article may…

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Article L4251-1 of the French Public Health Code

Medical physicists work as part of a multi-professional team. They provide their expertise on any question relating to the physics of radiation or any other physical agent in medical applications within their field of activity. They are responsible for image quality, dosimetry and exposure to other physical agents. In particular, he/she ensures that the equipment, data and calculation procedures used to determine and deliver the doses and activities of radioactive…

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Article L4251-2 of the French Public Health Code

Persons holding a diploma of qualification in radiological and medical physics or a diploma in medical physics may practise the profession of medical physicist and hold the title of medical physicist. By way of derogation from the first paragraph, persons who have been approved as radiophysicists before 28 November 2004 may also practise the profession of medical physicist and hold the title of medical physicist. The methods of training, the…

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