Part four: Health professions

The prefect of the region designated by order of the Minister for Health issues the authorisation to practise provided for in articles L. 4241-7 and L. 4241-14, after obtaining the opinion of the commission for pharmacy assistants and hospital pharmacy assistants, on the basis of an application accompanied by a file submitted and examined in accordance with the procedures laid down by the order referred to in article R. 4241-12….

The commission examines the knowledge, skills and competencies acquired during the person’s initial training, professional experience and lifelong learning which have been validated by a competent body, in accordance with the procedures set out in articles R. 4311-35 and R. 4311-36.

The practice of the profession referred to in 2° of articles L. 4241-7 and L. 4241-14 must have been carried out respectively in a dispensing pharmacy or in the internal-use pharmacy of a health establishment.

The following are set by order of the Minister for Education and the Minister for Health: 1° The composition of the file submitted in support of the application for authorisation; 2° The composition of the aptitude test panel and the procedures for organising this test; 3° The terms and conditions under which an adaptation period, an aptitude test or both are required; 4° The procedures for organising and assessing the…