Part four: Health professions

The following provisions of Book I of this Part, in their wording resulting from Law no. 2019-774 of 24 July 2019 on the organisation and transformation of the healthcare system, are applicable in the territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, subject to the adaptations provided for in Articles L. 4431-2 to L. 4431-10: – Title I, except for articles L. 4112-1 to L. 4112-5 and L. 4113-9 to…

For its application in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories, the third paragraph of article L. 4113-5 is deleted.

Without prejudice to the provisions of international agreements and article L. 4111-3, a doctor, dental surgeon or midwife temporarily practising in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories must be duly registered with the professional association of the department, territorial collectivity or overseas territory in which he/she usually carries out his/her activity.

The agreements provided for in article L. 4113-6 shall be submitted to the competent Conseil national de l’ordre for its opinion.

For their application in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories, in articles L. 4113-8 and L. 4163-4, the words: “in articles L. 4211-3 and L. 5125-2” are replaced by the words: “in article L. 4211-3”.

The disciplinary sanctions provided for in article L. 4124-6 are applicable to doctors, dental surgeons and midwives when they are temporarily practising their profession in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories. These sanctions are pronounced by the disciplinary chamber of first instance of the order within whose jurisdiction the practitioner is registered pursuant to the second paragraph of article L. 4431-1 in accordance with the procedure laid down in chapters…

For the application in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories of articles L. 4131-2 and L. 4131-2-1, the references to the representative of the State in the department, the departmental medical council and the regional health agency are replaced by the reference to the High Administrator.

In 1° of article L. 4161-2, the words: “as well as by article 8 of law no. 71-1026 of 24 December 1971 amending the public health code” are deleted.

In articles L. 4113-7 and L. 4163-9, the words: “or the medical information referred to in article L. 161-29 of the Social Security Code” are replaced by the words: “or medical information relating to the pathologies diagnosed, the procedures performed or the benefits provided to a specific person. “