Part four: Health professions

Doctors, dental surgeons and midwives practising in a department are entered on a register drawn up and kept up to date by the departmental council of the association to which they belong. This register is forwarded to government departments and made available to the public under conditions set by decree. No person may be entered on this roll unless he fulfils the conditions required by this Title and in particular…

The doctor, dental surgeon or midwife who applies to be entered on the roll provided for in article L. 4112-1 must demonstrate sufficient knowledge of the French language. In case of doubt, the president of the departmental council of the order or his representative may hear the interested party. A doctor, dental surgeon or midwife designated by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency may, at the request of…

The Conseil départemental de l’ordre will decide on the application for inclusion on the roll within a maximum of three months from receipt of the application, accompanied by a complete file. The procedures by which the departmental council verifies that the applicant is not professionally incompetent, disabled or suffering from a medical condition that makes it dangerous to practise the profession are laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat….

The decisions of the departmental council on applications for entry on the roll may be appealed to the regional council, by the applicant doctor, dental surgeon or midwife, in the case of a refusal of entry, or to the national council, in the case of a decision to enter. On expiry of the time limit set for the departmental council to take a decision, any silence on its part constitutes…

Registration on a professional roll makes it legal to practise the profession throughout France. If the professional residence is transferred outside the department or territorial collectivity in which he is registered, the interested party must, at the time of this transfer, apply for registration on the roll of the ordre in the department or territorial collectivity of the new residence. Once this application has been made, the doctor, dental surgeon…

Registration on a roll does not apply to practitioners in the armed forces referred to in article L.4061-1, or to doctors, dental surgeons or midwives who, being civil servants or permanent employees of a local authority, are not called upon, in the performance of their duties, to practise medicine or dentistry or to perform acts falling within the definition of the profession of midwife.