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Article L4251-3 of the French Public Health Code

I.- Subject to the provisions of article L. 4061-1, persons who have obtained the evidence of formal qualifications or authorisation required to practise the profession of medical physicist, prior to their entry into the profession, as well as those who, not practising, obtained their evidence of formal qualifications less than three years ago, are required to register with the service or body designated for this purpose by the Minister responsible…

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Article L4251-4 of the French Public Health Code

Bodies issuing evidence of formal qualifications shall send such evidence to the service or body referred to in Article L. 4251-3 in the form of certified information. Where available, this certified information serves as supporting documents for the fulfilment of the obligations laid down in article L. 4251-3.

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Article L4251-5 of the French Public Health Code

The competent authority may, after obtaining the opinion of a committee composed in particular of health professionals, individually authorise to practise the profession of medical physicist nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area who, without possessing the diploma provided for in article L. 4251-2, hold : 1° Evidence of formal qualifications issued by one or…

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Article L4251-6 of the French Public Health Code

A medical physicist who is a national of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, who is established and legally practises the activities of a medical physicist in a Member State or a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, may perform professional acts in France on a temporary and occasional basis. Where the…

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Article L4251-7 of the French Public Health Code

The medical physicist, when the authorisation to practise or the declaration of provision of services is issued, must have the language skills necessary to practise the profession and those relating to the systems of weights and measures used in France. The language proficiency test must be proportionate to the activity to be performed and must be carried out once the professional qualification has been recognised.

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Article L4251-8 of the French Public Health Code

The following shall be determined by decree of the Conseil d’Etat: 1° Where necessary, the terms and conditions of practice and professional rules; 2° The composition and operation of the commission referred to in article L. 4251-5 and the conditions under which the person concerned is subject to a compensation measure; 3° The terms and conditions for organising the aptitude test referred to in article L. 4251-6.

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Article L4252-1 of the French Public Health Code

Unlawfully practises the profession of medical physicist: Any person who practises medical physics, within the meaning of article L. 4251-1, without holding a qualification diploma in radiological and medical physics or a diploma in medical physics or any other qualification mentioned in article L. 4251-5 required to practise the profession of medical physicist or without being covered by article L. 4364-6. The present article does not apply to medical physics…

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Article L4252-2 of the French Public Health Code

Illegal practice of the profession of medical physicist is punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a fine of €30,000. Natural persons are also liable to the following additional penalties: 1° Display or dissemination of the decision handed down, under the conditions set out inarticle 131-35 of the Criminal Code; 2° Confiscation of the thing that was used or intended to be used to commit the offence or of the thing…

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Article L4252-3 of the French Public Health Code

The unauthorised use of the title of medical physicist 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 inarticle 433-17 of the French Penal Code. Legal entities declared to be criminally liable, under the conditions set out inarticle 121-2 of the French Penal Code, for the offence defined in this article are…

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Article L4301-1 of the French Public Health Code

I. – Medical auxiliaries covered by Titles I to VII of this Book may engage in advanced practice: 1° As part of a primary care team coordinated by the attending physician or as part of a care team at an armed forces health service medical centre coordinated by an armed forces physician; 2° As part of a care team in health establishments, medico-social establishments or armed forces hospitals coordinated by…

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